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Sequoia National Park

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Sequoia National Park is the place to go if you like trees, really BIG trees. OK, HUGE trees. Trees that people used to drive through, in the days of the Ford Model-T, and a spot you can still drive up to and park your minivan on a fallen tree for that "tourist" pix. There are also meadows, streams, a very tall rock formation a lake and a cave even.

I have been fortunate enough to have visited Sequoia several times since the 60s. It seemed that we visited Yosemite one summer and then Sequoia the next. It is larger in area than Yosemite valley so there's no shuttle bus system and much less crowded. Add to this area the adjoining Kings Canyon area and you have a lot to explore.

	While Sequoia is noted mainly for its trees, this meadow shows a different side of the park.
An example of what you will see. I will have to go back to my photos and a map of the park to determine what tree this is, if it has a name. Anybody?
	Another of the big trees. Again, I need to get the name of this tree.
A cave? Yes indeed. Crystal Cave is worth whatever it takes to get there. Its cold inside but an easy walk from the ticket booth to the entrance gate in the form of a metal spider's web.
	Since this is a "wet" or "living" cave the colored lights give some glamor to what would otherwise be mostly off-white formations, however, in one cavern they turn off the lights at one point to show you how dark a real cave is (vs. the self-illuminated Hollywood kind). Not for the claustrophobic types!

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