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Postby BigTruck » Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:11 am

Wife and I decided to turn the weekend into a road trip and decided to see what Yosemite looked like in the spring.  We were not disappointed.  The waterfalls are in full blast right now with the snow melt.  We also decided that we would check out the Sequoia's for once, even though it was a 2 mile hike uphill to get there, she did good for being 3 months preggo  ;)

One note.  The pics do not serve these behemoths justice.  My jaw hit the ground when I walked up on the first one.  They are huge!!!  And we couldn't even get to the really big ones yet, those ones were still snowed in.

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Re: BigTruck VS BigTree

Postby expat » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:37 am

Unless you have stood next to one or even in one, you can never really get an understanding of how big they are. Have you visited the Petrified Forest. It is about half an hour from Santa Rosa. When you have seen a few of them in stone :o

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Re: BigTruck VS BigTree

Postby beaky » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:56 am

8-)
So you went up to King's Canyon or whatever it's called? I also went up there he time I visited Yosemite... amazing place. Some of those trees are over 1000 years old.
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Re: BigTruck VS BigTree

Postby patchz » Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:18 am

[color=#000000]Thanks goodness. I was afraid I was going to see pictures of your vehicle smashed up against a big tree. Now I don't have to be concerned for your injuries. Great shots.
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Re: BigTruck VS BigTree

Postby Rich H » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:52 am

[quote][color=#000000]Thanks goodness. I was afraid I was going to see pictures of your vehicle smashed up against a big tree. Now I don't have to be concerned for your injuries. Great shots.
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Re: BigTruck VS BigTree

Postby Fozzer » Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:38 am

If those Trees could talk, what a tale they would tell!... :)...!

Wonderful Photos!

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Re: BigTruck VS BigTree

Postby BigTruck » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:03 pm

8-)
So you went up to King's Canyon or whatever it's called? I also went up there he time I visited Yosemite... amazing place. Some of those trees are over 1000 years old.



These were taken in Mariposa Grove, about two miles from the Hwy 41 entrance to Yosemite.   Kings Canyon is further south near Fresno, and I do hope to make it there one of these weekends

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Re: BigTruck VS BigTree

Postby Mitch. » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:08 am

[quote]Rich H...No, I wouldn't let a tree win
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Re: BigTruck VS BigTree

Postby BigTruck » Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:19 pm

[quote][quote]Rich H...No, I wouldn't let a tree win
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