Sequoia by Zak

Today we started exploring Sequoia. First we took a shuttle bus to the Giant Forest where we saw a huge Sequoia tree called the Sentinel Tree. There was a huge ruler made of tiles with markers on it that showed the height of the Sentinel Tree. After that, we took a few photos and went into the Sequoia Museum which was right by the Sentinel Tree.

In the museum there were so many things to see and do. I learnt that there are hundreds of seeds in a Sequoia cone and they need fire to help them grow.

After the museum we took another shuttle to see Sequoia National Parks grand attraction, the General Sherman Tree, the biggest tree in volume in the world!. We took tons of photos. It would be good to go again.



Cathy, Emma and Zak at the foot of the General Sherman tree.



Looking up in to the top of the General Sherman Tree.



We saw a full grown bear from the shuttle the first day and the day we were leaving this young bear ran across the road in front of us. Zak managed to capture a picture through the car window.

- Posted using BlogPress from Cathy's iPad