Western azaleas?

Not sure what these are but they were in the Mariposa Grove at Yosemite.


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Next to the giants

Here are a couple of snapshots showing how small we are next to these giants!











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General Grant Tree

The third largest tree in the world, 1,700 years old, 268 feet tall, 1,254 tons.





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Dragonfly

It's hard to see, but this is a really cute little dragon fly in the Sequoia Forest.



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Yosemite!

Jim and I at half dome in Yosemite on July 12, 2010.


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Mariposa grove

This tree is called clothespin. Tomorrow we are off to Sequoia and a hotel that I hope has Internet connection!


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Tree at yosemite

This was taken by our tour guide, herb. One of the problems with taking pix with these huge trees is that they are enormous and they don't fit into the frame of the camera really well.

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