the land of giants

Our family is in California for a week on vacation. The reason for the trip is a dear friend's wedding in SF, but we flew to LA the weekend before to see Jason's 91 year old grandma. It's amazing how alert and functional she is. We decided to drive up to the Bay Area from LA, and spent a day visiting Sequoia National Park. A small park with GIANT trees. Jason and I kept saying it felt like we were in Dinosaur-land, whatever that means, but that is just what it felt like. It's really quite amazing - no one knows how old exactly these trees are, but some have been around for 3000+ years. That's a LONGG time. And most of them don't die from old age, but because they fall down from storms. We also saw General Sherman - the world's largest tree (by mass). Here is Collin in the midst of the trees - can you even see him?

He also informed us that he would like to climb one of them...and so he tried...

And the little one? He enjoyed a nice little nap amongst the big trees. :)

We have been in the Bay Area for a couple days, visiting some of my extended family here. I'll save those adventures for another post. For now, must work on the wedding toast!