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| Tuxtla Ambassadors and FF Sac Hosts on the "Discovery Tree" |
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Inbound from Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico, Day 3 of 8, Aug 2, 2017
By: Ray M
Today we traveled over 2 hours south and up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains to see the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). These are larger but not quite as tall as the coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens).
Well, actually it took a bit longer than 2 hours for some of us – road delays for major highway repair just before the park.
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| Road construction just before the park entrance - a long wait for some! |
We all had a nice picnic lunch at the picnic area, then Chris gathered everyone to explain the trails – we don’t want anyone to get lost!
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| Picnic lunch (Luis, Ana, Ray, PJ, Aeron, Amin) |
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| No one gets lost!! |
Here's another view of all of us on Discovery Tree. Note the upper part of the tree laying to left.
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Photo time at Discovery Tree
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Here's the 'Empire Tree' with Enrique and Mavi. Wait - where are Enrique and Mavi?
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| Empire Tree |
Oh there they are - a zoom-in photo:
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| Enrique and Mavi |
The women's log women only!
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| Time for a little rest! |
Sometimes looking up makes you dizzy.
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Fisheye view
Simon, Linda and Blanca look up to the top of the trees. |
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| Mavi, Aeron, Damicela, Blanca, Maribel, Julie |
One tree has a hollow interior. Pictures below shows a knot hole in the upper part of the tree, about 100ft above the ground originally. You can walk completely through the tree trunk.
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| Damicela and Jesus |
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| Blanca |
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| Simon & Silvia |
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| Adri and Damicela walk through a tree |
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| Jesus looking out a knot-hole |
After enjoying the Redwoods many of us stopped at Ironstone Vineyards to see the huge Crystalline Gold Nugget.
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