USA Wedding Trip: Sequoia National Park Hello, friends! The last time we started the journey to Seq

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USA Wedding Trip: Sequoia National Park Hello, friends! The last time we started the journey to Sequoia National sc Park, located in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Today I will show it to you and tell you about the amazing giant redwoods that grow in it. As I mentioned, Sequoia National Park - one of the oldest in the United States. The park is located in the mountains, rising to a height of about 400 meters above sea level in the foothills to the summit of the highest mountain height of 4 Whitney 421.1 meters. The park is bordered by the other National Park Kings Canyon. Both parks are managed by the National Park Service United States as a single sc unit - Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon. Since we have allocated for the inspection of the park and its giants one day in nearby Kings Canyon, we stopped by not leaving it on our next visit to California. Sequoia National Park is best known for its giant sequoias, including one tree named General Sherman - largest tree in the world, if we assume that the volume of its timber. In 2009, the volume of wood of this tree was a little less than 1500 cubic meters. General Sherman tree grows in the Giant Forest (the name of the park, which is home to the redwoods), which contains five of the ten largest trees in the world in terms of timber. Incidentally, all these trees are named after American generals - this long-standing tradition in the National Park. About General Sherman, I prepared a separate post, he deserves it)). 2. Spent the night at the hotel we went with bears in the mountains, where we waited here a serpentine 3. Soon appeared for traditional U.S. National Parks booth fare. Unlike the more hyped of the Grand Canyon, where we paid $ 25 a car, enter here is slightly cheaper - $ 20 4. The bend begins and the park itself is a long climb to the mountain 5. And here is a sign indicating the beginning of the park 6. Even down here, gorgeous views are: 7. 8. 9. Go! 10. 11. 12. 13. On the way to the mountains, except chic species sometimes come across all sorts of interesting objects. For example, like this "tunnel stone" 14. Unfortunately, after a long forced march from the Grand Canyon through Death Valley and up to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the glass of our car was dirty. We swill it only in San Francisco 15. What I'm always happy in the U.S., so this road: 16. After yesterday's sc trip to the mountains in Death Valley, I was already prepared for the mountain serpentine. However, after half an hour to look around the taxi was scared)). To assess the species had to stop opening 17. Here we overcame a serpentine 18. Sequoia - the oldest inhabitants of the earth, many of them a couple of thousand years. But they can only grow in a few places in the world, and only at a certain sc height. Our path lay here in this rock, there begins the Giant Forest 19. Suddenly before us formed obstacle was ahead road repair. We must pay tribute to the Americans, to warn drivers about road repair started from the very foot of the mountain numerous signs. Nevertheless, at an altitude of about a kilometer we got into the plug 20. Road repair was organized well, but worked only one lane, so the Rangers alternately overlap movement in each direction. The wait time was about an hour. Once the machines lined up one after another, local drivers are not confused, got a folding chairs and tables and immediately staged impromptu picnics. We, unfortunately, were not prepared for such an eventuality, so I just took pictures and enjoyed the mountain views: 21. 22. Few American shoe 23. After an hour of waiting we finally allowed 24. Repairs stretched almost to the top. In the near videovypuske The World's Roads I will show you this part of the road Details: 25. Nevertheless, soon we entered the forest. There has not been redwoods 26. But soon began to slip behind the window is still "small" red trees 27. And here we are at a place in the tourist heart of the Giant Forest 28. 29. Around smelled trees were scattered everywhere, and here are cones 30. Sometimes even here are: Cones, as well as any other natural objects, remove from the park is strictly prohibited. When we got one pair of rangers to leave everything to the ground. And rightly so. Let me tell you a little about the redwoods, and how they are unique. Sequoia grows in California, Washington state and the Canadian province of British Columbia along the Pacific Ocean on the strip length of about 750 km and a width of 8 to 75 km. Average height at which they grow - 30-750 m above sea level, sometimes trees grow