It is Tuesday evening now (at the EconoLodge in Visalia), after another day of National Parks: Kings Canyon and Sequoia. Again I feel I have only scratched the surface of some fantastic places which are preserving unspoiled mountains, forest and wildlife. The highlights of these parks are the giant Sequoia trees. They are the biggest in the world and so they are of course truly impressive. My pictures include "General Sherman", the biggest of all. He's the one on the left in the photo where I couldn'e get the whole thing in. Many are up to 2000 years old. It is worth bearing in mind, though, that these guys were still in short trousers when the Fortingal Yew was already 3000 years old (according to some anyway)!
More interesting wildlife today too, including another wolf, some little things I can't name, and (I'm pleased to say) a black bear which was happy just nosing about while I took a photo.
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