Spring break 2013 (Part 4) Sequoia National Park

Tuesday morning we had a great continental breakfast at the Comfort Inn & Suites. It was about an hour drive from the hotel to the Foothills Visitor Center of Sequoia National Park, we drove an additional hour through the Giant Forest to see the world's largest living tree: General Sherman Tree. After hiking for about 3/4 mile, we saw the big tree, 311ft in height, 3,200 years old and weight 2.7 million lbs, the base of Sherman tree is 40 feet diameter! We picked up some cones with seeds fell off the Sherman tree and took them back to our cabin.

We left the park at around 4pm and had Chinese buffet dinner in Bakersfield before driving another hour to our cabin in PMC to spend a night.