Sequoia National Park - by Isa

We went to Sequoia National Park.   Our campsite was huge.  In it was a huge rock that we could climb on.

We saw General Sherman – the tree.  It is the biggest living thing on the earth when measured by volume.  It is taller than the Statue of Liberty!  The bottom of the trunk is 36.5 feet in diameter and 107 feet in circumference.  It was gigantic, and had lots of fire scars.

Sequoia trees usually survive fires – but it leaves a scar.  This picture below is of us inside a fire scar on a different tree.  Look at the humongous pine cone that someone gave me.  

It is from a sugar pine tree.   Did you know that sequoia trees have smaller pine cones than even normal sized pine trees?  That was a surprise!  

We were able to walk through this fallen tree.  I liked that.

The next morning we climbed up Moro Rock.  My feet were tired!  But the view was awesome.

Then we walked to Tharp’s log.  A man had made a house in a log from a fallen Sequoia tree.  It was crazy.

On our way there we saw a bear in Log Meadow!  We also walked by Crescent Meadow.  Our last hike was to Tokopah Falls.  We saw a Yellow Bellied Marmot on the trail.  The falls were pretty.  They aren’t as big as Niagara Falls, but I still like them.  

My mom with two Sequoias that we saw on our hike.

When we got done that day, we were all really exhausted.  Then my mom and dad realized that we had hiked almost six miles that day.  Geez.

The best kind of tree hugging!

My dad tried to be as big as a Sequoia.