Sequoia National Parks

Fairlea Farms

Finding My Fields Of Gold!

This trip out west has been amazing! For today's docket, we drove over, down, around and back, to Sequoia National Park. Actually, Giant Sequoia National Park, and Kings Canyon Park.

We saw trees. They were kinda a big deal. Well, really, really big. and Large.
We saw Sherman Sequoia, and Grant Sequoia. The General Sherman Sequoia is the biggest.... wait... no... largest single stem tree in the world. By volume.

Species Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Coordinates 36°34′54″N 118°45′05.5″W
Height 83.8 m (275 ft)
Diameter 7.7 m (25 ft)
Volume of trunk 1,487 m3 (52,500 cu ft)
Date seeded 700BC – 300BC
Wikipedia
That means, it's a big fucking tree!

General Grant Sequoia is the largest Sequoia in the General Grant Section of the Giant Sequoia National Park, and widely known to be the second largest tree in the world. Hosed for first place but Sherman... and replaced some tree in 2005 in second place when some tree died.
Wikipedia

We've made a trip or two, down the mountain and a few times have passed Fairlea Farm. It has some amazing scenery... I could spend all day looking at Fairlea... These flowers are some of the thousand or so shots I made since traveling out to sunny Cali!

Always, I strive to give back
To the animals and birds around me
to put more plants in than I take out
And be a good steward for the world around me!

All Photos by Bluefin Studios
Nikon d7000, 220mm, f6.3, 1/160th