9 August 2018
Park rangers recommended these two treasures as Yosemite has wildfires. There is only one road open into Yosemite and visibility is poor due to the smoke. The smoke also affected some of the Sequoia National Forest and Kings Canyon National Park as you will see in some of the photos.
This is my favourite photo for today, Lemon Cove, even though it is quite hazy. This spot is just breathtaking.
General Grant Tree is the 2nd largest tree in the world and also known as “the Nation’s Christmas Tree”.
When I got out of the car to look at this tree I was overwhelmed by the scent of the forest. It smelt like Christmas!! With wildfires raging nearby, temperatures of 40C/104F the pine smell was incredible. The largest tree in the world is also in this forest but I will have to come back as I unfortunately ran out of time.
Once again the change of landscape driving out of the forest was phenomenal.
This is the tunnel tree.
Over 50 Aussie female solo traveller USA road trip and beyond 
Amazing trees,wonderful photos ,
I’m going to Ashfield RSL tonight ,Aston Martinis are playing ,should be fun xxx
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 3:54 PM, Over 50 Aussie female solo traveller USA road trip wrote:
> Edi posted: “9 August 2018 Park rangers recommended these two treasures as > Yosemite has wildfires. There is only one road open into Yosemite and > visibility is poor due to the smoke. The smoke also affected some of the > Sequoia National Forest and Kings Canyon National” >
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Have fun. I’ll be there next week xx
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spectacular
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Edi these photos are amazing. I can only imagine the scent from that giant tree which also makes you wonder how big the other tree is(also how do they know the other tree is the largest in the world)
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Until someone claims otherwise I suppose. But Americans do everything bigger than everyone 🙂
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