Today we are visiting The Sequoia National Park to seek out the big trees. This is the sight you see as you drive into the park just after the visiter centre, we are going to climb to around 6000 ft. Reading the history of this park and how it has evolved over its 120+years makes for interesting reading, especially the mistakes of man and his exploitation of the area, first for the wood and water then tourism. The park people have now got every thing working properly and all the rental cabins and restaurants have been removed and the trees are living in peace once more.
This is The General Sherman Tree, the biggest tree in the world, there are trees taller and thicker but none have the overall mass of this one.
The Sentinel, they think this tree is about 2200 
Damaged by fire, as time goes on the bark will grow back over the burnt scar and in time it will be hidden from view, must remember to come back in a couple of hundred years and check that out.
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