Muir Woods miracle: If you’re lucky, you may catch a glimpse
One of the small natural miracles in this part of the world is just an autumn rainstorm away.
The first good rainstorm is the beginning of the salmon spawning season in Redwood Creek, a tiny stream that runs through Muir Woods National Monument. It is a natural pageant that has been going on in coastal streams for thousands of years when the seasons make their turn from autumn to winter. The salmon, first coho then steelhead, return from the Pacific Ocean to the stream where they were born to spawn and then die. The eggs they leave behind produce another generation of fish, and the cycle repeats.