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Below: The
road up to Kings Canyon was very curvy - much worse than what shows in
these photos. |
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Below: 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"
Sequoia Tree |
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| Below; 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. |
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Below; Lee Duquette walked
through the inside of a felled Sequoia tree |
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 Lee Duquette thought this tree trunk
looked like an alligator's head - LOL |
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The Lincoln tree 
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Below: Lots of amazing
scenery as the two RV Gypsies drove through Kings Canyon |
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