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Today we spent the day in the presence of God's biggest trees in the world. I just keep thinking, what is one more big tree. But, then I see them, they are so massive that I forget I wasn't going to be over impressed. According to the brochure, the redwood trees grow taller but these are bigger around. I think these seems just as tall as the redwoods, but then again when you only stand as tall as 1/57th of the total height they all seem super tall. To get an idea of the size, I took a couple pictures of the visitor's center display where they compare the size to football fields and freeways.
I don't know why these are not called redwoods, their trunks were very red, even more red then the redwoods.
Look at the one I am standing in with my arms outstretched, you can see the burned center. These trees are actually somewhat fireproof. The bark is so thick that most fires do not destroy them. Their cones actually open and spread their seeds better when there is a fire, then they grow much larger and quicker for a few years since they get more sun and more moisture as there are no other trees or growth competing with them. Lastly, if the base of the tree burns it grows new bark around the burned area.
Look at the mountains also, the landscape pictures you will see white on the mountains in the distance. That is not snow, that is the rock. I would think it is just one more mountain range, we will go to say we were there and then leave. But then you get there, and it is so different from other places. The mountains at Glacier were dark grey and black, but then we get to these and the rock is white and even in some places has some type of sparkle to them. We were in the Sierra-Nevada mountain range which actually has the tallest mountain in the contingent US. I would have thought the Rocky's, but according to the information they gave us, we were near the tallest mountain, who knew.
Now let me tell you about the roads! They are curvy! The first 16 miles after we entered the park had 130 curves and 12 switchbacks. And that was just the first 16 miles. It didn't end after that, then we left the park to head back to the camper. The mad showed this little back road that would be a lot quicker and a little curvy, but not bad. The map was wrong, it was definitely a backroad but there was nothing straight about it. It was as curvy or more so then the park. I have not fingernails left, they are all chewed off.
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