Fish Camp, California

2 мая 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

I promise. No gravesites today. Only natural beauty.

Sequoia National Park beauty.

Denny and I saw the majestic Redwoods along the Pacific Coast of California many years ago and that memory has stayed with us through the years.

But we always longed to walk among the Giant Sequoias of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. And today we got to do just that.

The Redwoods and Sequoias have many differences. The Redwoods are taller (367 feet to 311 feet) but the Sequoias are fatter (22 feet in diameter to 40 feet at the base.)

We spent the day with General Sherman - the tree. He is 2,200 years old. 275 feet tall. 103 feet circumference at ground level.

By volume of total wood, Giant Sequoias are the Earth's largest living tree.Читать далее

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