Saturday, July 11, 2026
Sequoia National Park
A lot to cover today. We headed for the park at around 9. The line of cars backed up at the entrance station was over a mile long. It took us 45 minutes to enter. Not a good sign. The 25 mile drive, gaining 4000 feet, is a nail biter. Dozens of 10 MPH hairpin turns made me think the road was an automotive Angels Landing. I had a trailhead in mind when we started the drive. When we finally got there, there was one parking spot left in the entire lot. We nabed it. We were out for 5 hours and saw a bunch of big trees. Our first stop was The General Sherman tree. It is the largest tree on the planet. 37 foot diameter, 103 foot circumference estimated weight of 1400 tons, 2300 years old. There was a very long line of mostly Japanese tourists waiting to have their picture taken in front of it. Sadly, we didn't get in line. There were very many, very big, Sequoias that we saw on our hike that we did photograph. Too many actually. See pics. Today was so stressful that we are thinking about taking tomorrow off. I really don't want to do that drive again. We are here to also visit Kings Canyon. Hopefully, that drive won't be as exciting. More tomorrow.
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I was there as a child but only vaguely remember much, as a kid it was a bunch of trees that I couldn't see the top. Can't believe our national parks are so popular with other countries. Maybe they don't have such a thing in their country!
ReplyDeleteThat tree Jenny is standing in, what holds it up?
ReplyDeleteYes, take the day off and get your heart rate down to normal. Does the drive have any accidents of note? An Angels Landing for cars doesn't sound like its for the careless . The trees are stunning. Paula
ReplyDeleteFires over the centuries have burned the core wood in some of the trees. The bark is 3 feet thick and the living part of the tree is just under the bark. Almost all of the trees have some burn damage.
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