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Kings Canyon
National Park |
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| the road up
to Kings Canyon was very curvy - much worse than what shows in these photos |
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a pole to measure the
snow on the road and help the snow plows |
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| The Tennessee Tree shows resilience to fire damage, continuing to thrive in spite of deep fire scars. The living tissue or cambium layer of a sequoia lies just under its bark. As long as some of this thin, living tissue connects the leaves above with the roots below, the tree will continue to live. If undisturbed by people, or more fire, this living layer will eventually heal the fire scars seen on this tree. | |
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The "General Grant"
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| The General Grant Sequoia tree is the second-tallest living thing on earth, standing over 267 feet tall with a 40 diameter and 107 circumference at its base. It is estimated to be between 1500 and 2000 years old. The General Grant Sequoia is both the Nations Christmas tree (as proclaimed by President Coolidge in 1926) and the only living National Shrine, memorializing veterans who served in the US armed forces. Grant Grove. Grant Grove, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA. | |
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Lee walking through the
inside of a felled Sequoia tree |
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Lee thought this tree trunk
looked like an alligator's head - LOL |
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The Lincoln tree |
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a chipmunk |
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lots of amazing scenery
as the two RV Gypsies drive through Kings Canyon |
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THE MERCED RIVER |
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| The water you see tumbling over Grizzly Falls starts at Grizzly Lakes, in the heart of monarch Wilderness. Snow melts off wilderness peaks like Mt. Harrington which is over 11,000 feet tall, and makes its way to the Kings River here and eventually to the San Joaquin Valley. | |
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Photos from Three Rivers,
California was put in separate pages so that the photos will load faster for you. View these in any order that you wish. (the page you are on is grayed out and not clickable) |
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Kings Canyon - big sequoia trees |
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| AFTER you have visited all of the above photo sections, please continue on to Yosemite National Park |