Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Park is beautiful! We were there May 3d, and lovely wildflowers bloomed all along the road as it climbed through the Sierra Nevadas.

Lupines:


Fiddleneck:


Canyon Dudleya:








That's Bill in the base of a Giant Sequoia:






The snow in this photo is four feet deep!


Silky moss:




From the grandfather . . . . The circle of life:


The growth on the left side of the center tree is the size of a Volkswagen Bug!


General Sherman is the largest tree in the world by volume and is estimated to be 2200 years old. Its diameter at the base is 36 1/2 feet, and it is 275 feet tall.


Full view of General Sherman:


A black bear walked toward us on the side of the road and then decided to cross. He was moving just fast enough to blur our picture. Seeing him was awesome!