Jean and I did the General Grant Tree Trail.
General Grant Tree
Jean in front of General Grant
The trail is a paved trail whose highlight is the General Grant
tree -- the 3rd largest living thing in the world. It is actually
wider than the General Sherman tree, but not as tall.
Also along the trail -- part of the trail, in fact -- is the Fallen Monarch, which is a downed,
hollowed-out sequoia you can actually walk through.
Jean in front of end of Fallen Monarch
The sun played peek-a-boo between the clouds as we walked along
the trail. We passed a beautiful mountain dogwood tree with white
flowers just before reaching the General Grant tree. Afterwards
we saw a squirrel practically posing on a stump, and a tiny little
bird inching its way up a tall tree. It was a very relaxed atmosphere.
International visitors seemed more abundant here than in the far
reaches of the park we'd been to earlier.
There's a ski trail which includes this trail. I couldn't help
but think how beautiful this trail would be in the winter -- cross-country
skiing amongst the sequoias. Ahhh...
Sequoias towering over the parking lot
Looking up at those same trees
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