No, they're not in Texas, surprisingly. lol.
Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas!
I think I was at the Sequoia National Forest in California when I was a little kid but I was too little to remember much but my, would I love to go there now! I can only imagine being in the presence of these magnificent trees.
The largest one, and the largest in the world, is named General Sherman and stands 274.9 feet (83.8 meters) tall but is a youngster at just 2,000 years old. Lol.
Many of the Redwoods are over 3,200 years old. I'm sure that means General Sherman still growing though!
General Sherman:
This group of visitors gives you and idea of the size of General Sherman's size:
And check this out: a branch broke off in a storm in 2006 and crushed a section of fence and created a big hole in the walkway. The branch is as big as a whole tree!
The General contains 52,500 cubic feet (1,487 cubic meters) in volume. It has giant branches too but they don't take the branch sizes into consideration when measuring volume, just the trunk.
The 2nd largest tree on earth is in the same park and is named The President and stands at 247 feet (75 m) and measures 27 ft (8.2 m) in diameter at the base. They estimate it to be 3,200 years old!
Here's a good size gauger:
Look at this climbing team hanging from the branches!
And look at how tiny they look in this great photo:
Those three climbers are hard to spot in this one, can you find them? It makes one realize what specks we are on this earth compared to much of nature.
I bet you can just feel the energy of those magnificent trees when you're in that forest.
Thanks for stopping by folks, God bless you all!
-jonboy
Texas
