Sequoia National Park, May, 2009
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View from near the park entrance
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Anybody pay attention to warning signs?
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The old road ran under this rock
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A BIG rock
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But the park is all about trees, Giant Sequoias, the most massive trees on Earth
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The museum and one of the giant trees - about 260 feet tall
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There was still some snow in early May
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But only in shaded areas
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Beetle Rock
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Interesting how plants grow in the cracks of the rocks
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Sun bleached wood on Beetle Rock
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Dead trees take strange shapes
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lichens on one of the trees
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more lichens
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Strange way lichens grow on the trunks - in rings
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Fallen tree and the one we saw from Beetle rock
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The usual looking up at the tree tops picture
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And another
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And another, near sunset
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Pine tree
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Views of the forest
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Sequoia tree distinctive bark
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These are giant trees
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The forest in B/W
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These are BIG trees!
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Cross-section of a sequoia trunk - we told you they were big!
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Talk about a "knot on a log"
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More forest views
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Lotsa bears in the park.
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