Sequoia National Park

  • Castle Rocks
    Castle Rocks
    headed up the park road to our lodge.
    Amphitheater Point, Sequoia National Park, California, May 9, 2015
    2015-05-09#0778
    Larry L. Jackson
  • General's Highway
    General's Highway
    switchback road into this steep park.
    Sequoia National Park, California, May 9, 2015
    2015-05-09#0786
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie & Giant Sequoias
    Debbie & Giant Sequoias
    Sequoiadendron giganteum - our first giant trees.
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California
    2015-05-09#0805
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie & Giant Sequoia
    Debbie & Giant Sequoia
    Sequoiadendron giganteum - roots extend as wide as the trees are tall, giving the tree a grip in the shallow soil.
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 9, 2015
    2015-05-09#0813
    Larry L. Jackson
  • General Sherman Tree
    General Sherman Tree
    2,200 years old, 36.5 feet in diameter, weighing 1,385 tons.
    Sequoia National Park, California, May 9, 2015
    2015-05-09#0848
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Sequoias
    Giant Sequoias
    Sequoiadendron giganteum
    General Sherman walk, Sequoia National Park, California, May 9, 2015
    2015-05-09#0857
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lodgepole Chipmunk
    Lodgepole Chipmunk
    Tamias speciosus - approachable since it sees a lot of tourists.
    General Sherman walk, Sequoia National Park, California, May 9, 2015
    2015-05-09#0875
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bridge
    Bridge
    Clover Creek, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#0890
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Sequoias
    Giant Sequoias
    Sequoiadendron giganteum - looking up in a tight grouping.
    Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#0912
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Sequoias
    Giant Sequoias
    Sequoiadendron giganteum - another tight group.
    Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#0920
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunburst & Giant Sequoias
    Sunburst & Giant Sequoias
    Sequoiadendron giganteum - 275 foot tall trees.
    Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#0924
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    steep valleys.
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#0933
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Desert Sweet
    Desert Sweet
    Chamaebatiaria millefolium - rose family.
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#0941
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Tarweed
    Common Tarweed
    Madia elegans
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#0948
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chaparral Nightshade
    Chaparral Nightshade
    Solanum xanti - flower is distinct for this family of plants.
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#0950
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Twining Snakelily
    Twining Snakelily
    Dichelostemma volubile - long, shiny flower stem climbs through vegetation with no sign of the plant.
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#1019
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sego Lily
    Sego Lily
    Calochortus bruneaunis - very pretty.
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#1026
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sego Lily
    Sego Lily
    Calochortus bruneaunis - flower starting to open.
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#1034
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chaparral Yucca
    Chaparral Yucca
    Hesperoyucca whipplei
    General's Highway, Sequoia National Park, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#1043
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lake Kaweah
    Lake Kaweah
    like most California lakes, this one is many feet below capacity.
    General's Highway, California, May 10, 2015
    2015-05-10#1053
    Larry L. Jackson