What a beautiful place, our favourite so far. Peaceful, vast and beautiful. What's more we saw a wild bear and a rattlesnake! The giant sequoias are amazing. The biggest one in the forest, General Sherman is the largest tree by volume in the world and over 2500 years old. They say if you filled its trunk with water it would hold enough water for a daily bath for 27 years! Another tree, The President, is over 3200 years old. There are very many equally beautiful examples in the same forest. A lovely place to spend time and the first place on our trip that we would definitely like to revisit.
Today we made another 5 hour trip to Barstow en route to Las Vegas. The first hour took us through the rest of the forest with breath-taking views of the Sierra Nevada and alarming vertical drops to the side of the road. Visited our first shopping mall this evening . Andy has bought some jeans and shorts which fit him perfectly and are making him reconsider dieting or they will be too big!!
It is alarming to think how quickly the time has passed and we will be in New Zealand in just one week.
Can't believe it!
ReplyDeleteWhat can't you believe Pat, the bear, Andy's size or that we will be in NZ in a week? ;)
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