lambertiana
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One of my backpacking friends is currently a Webelos leader, and he asked me if I would help him take some of the scouts on a hike to identify trees. And what better place to do it than in Giant Forest? He had to twist my arm really hard.
Since it's winter, we could park right by the Sherman tree, so that was the first stop
Then we started walking, the next big tree was the President
Other big trees were the Franklin Tree
The Washington Tree
and the Lincoln Tree
I ended up convincing them to take a five mile loop in Giant Forest. Halfway through it we stopped for a lunch. Some other pictures along the way; the first two are of average mature sequoias, plenty of trees like this in Giant Forest
A meadow (this is an extremely dry drought year, I have been here before when there was ten feet of snow on the ground)
Gotta love the cinnamon bark
We all had a great time, and successfully tired the scouts out. I don't think they had originally planned such a long hike, but I figured if we were going to drive up there, we might as well see some things instead of just hanging around one area.
Since it's winter, we could park right by the Sherman tree, so that was the first stop
Then we started walking, the next big tree was the President
Other big trees were the Franklin Tree
The Washington Tree
and the Lincoln Tree
I ended up convincing them to take a five mile loop in Giant Forest. Halfway through it we stopped for a lunch. Some other pictures along the way; the first two are of average mature sequoias, plenty of trees like this in Giant Forest
A meadow (this is an extremely dry drought year, I have been here before when there was ten feet of snow on the ground)
Gotta love the cinnamon bark
We all had a great time, and successfully tired the scouts out. I don't think they had originally planned such a long hike, but I figured if we were going to drive up there, we might as well see some things instead of just hanging around one area.
