1 October 2011 Broke camp a bit after first light and headed for General Sherman, the largest tree on Earth. It lives amongst a grove of other giant sequoia trees, and it is a humbling experience to walk amongst them. Once again it is impossible for photos to convey a proper sense of scale of these magnificent ancient living creatures, but I have to take them anyway.
From General Sherman I headed north to General Grant, the sequoia with the largest girth. It also is surrounded by siblings of similar nobility and they are magnificent to behold. The photos give only a hint of what it is really like.
From General Grant I headed south on 245, another of those ultimate motorcycle roads that twists through forest to Sisters Mountain House, a popular biker watering hole. From Sisters Mountain House I continued south on Dry Creek Drive, a very rural farm service road that winds through golden ranch lands to 198 where I headed east to my motel in Three Rivers. It was a good day of awesome magnificent trees and very enjoyable and engaging roads that motorcyclists love to ride, and i am smiling.
Americana for the day: fried Spam
Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/108481211284683809830/USA20113?authkey=Gv1sRgCInJ3fTt3fO0Mg
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