But Then Again, You Are Very Small.

Get ready for some damn big trees.

Remember our hilarious tent collapse story?  Well, we sent that tent back and asked for a new one, which was shipped to Dusty's place in L.A.  Upon opening the box on Sunday, right before we were about to leave, we were unpleasantly surprised to find that somehow they had just sent us back our old, massively broken tent.  Nice.  After a quick stop to REI we were off with our new tent to Sequoia National Park.  We ended up arriving just around sunset and set up camp for two nights.

Sunset on Moro Rock.  We climbed up the next morning.

Campsite!

Our first stop on Monday morning was Moro Rock.  There is a 400-step stairway that you climb to get to the top, which allows breathtaking views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sequoia National Park and, if the weather is good, the coastal mountains as well.

Up, up, up!

 

Moro Rock can kill you.

Following our climb up Moro Rock we moved on to Crescent Meadow and Eagle View Point.  More hiking, more beautiful views.

Fallen trees cut for a path.

Look at how tiny we are!  If there are any trees in this world that could be Entwives, these are definitely it. We found them!

Clouds! In the mountains!  We are up high!

Some probably not so safe photos.  Whoops.

Our third stop of the day was the Congress Trail and the General Sherman Tree.  The Sherman Tree is the largest living organism on the entire planet.  It is 275 ft. tall, 103 ft. around, weighs around 2.8 million (!!!!) pounds and is estimated to be around 2,500 years old.  There were also a lot of other beautiful sequoias around the trail as well.

That is one damn big tree.

The evening found us exhausted and ready for sleep, so after a quick campfire dinner both of us crashed.  However, while hauling wood I did get stung by a bee, which I whined about extensively.

Pity me.

Tuesday morning we awoke early and packed up, stopping at the Big Trees trail on our way out of the park.

Tree hugger.

There was a prescribed burn happening along the trail, which was crazy to see.  Sequoias are super badass and can burn for years without serious damage.

Baby sequoia!

I made friends with a marmot.  It was sassy and photogenic.

Seqouia National Park was definitely the most beautiful place we have been to so far, and we're already planning a trip back!