Sequoia National Park

Over Labor Day weekend, Jer and I decided to check of one of our bucket list items and see Sequioa National Forest. They call this the forest of the giants for good reason. The trees are HUGE! You really can't appreciate them until you are there, but here are some pictures anyway to give you an idea of just how big these thousand year old trees can actually be.

Above is the outline of the largest tree in the world by volume - the General Sherman tree

Above are pictures of the Sherman tree. They have had to put fences around the big trees because people would carve initials or take a piece of bark home with them as a souvenir. 

Above is a cluster of sequoia trees called the Senate

Feeling a bit small!

While hiking we came across this tree that had fallen. It was huge! Check out those roots!

Not every day you get to walk though a tree!

Roots must be pretty strong to grow through rock.

Watching the sunset from sunset rock :)