THE BIG TREES

Next on our California tour was Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. There was nothing real adventuresome or hard-core about the hikes, but this experience was one of the neatest of my life. To walk among the living giants is absolutely startling. It shocks and hushes you. You feel a connection to the ancient past that inorganic rocks can't give. If you're like me, you often make lists of places to see and things to do. Make sure you put walking among the Big Trees in the top ten.

Tracy feeling a wee bit smallish.

The General Grant tree, which is the widest.

Jesse in front of the General Sherman Tree, which is the largest known tree in the world.