We start the day at the Visitor Centre
and learn about the climate, trees and animals in the park.
The road up and into the park is
extremely windy, with many hairpin turns. At times our satnav is
confused about which way we are actually driving!
There are many scenic look outs along
the way. We find a rock tunnel
waterfalls
petrographs
high peaks
and finally we get to the specific
sub-region where the giant Sequoia's grow. These are the '4 guards' and yes, that is our road, not a footpath.
The biggest trees are more than 2000
years old, 100 meter tall, 10 meter in diameter and weigh the same as
4 fully loaded 747 jumbo jets.
This tree is called 'General Sherman'
and is the largest living thing in the world (by volume).
It's hard to see the scale of these
huge trees as they are surrounded by other huge trees.
We've had both our pet sits for San
Fransisco cancelled due to the Corona Virus so tomorrow we're going
to have to replan our next 2 weeks.
Today: 99km - 2h52m
Total: 26,680km - 521h51m
