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Bayard

(21,806 posts)
20. Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks
Mon Jan 9, 2017, 12:30 PM
Jan 2017

I used to live down the road from these two parks, and the redwoods were simply awe-inspiring. Unfortunately, they are starting to show some deterioration from pollution drifting up from the San Joaquin Valley.

Yes, in better times we could have hope for its offspring angstlessk Jan 2017 #1
Ha! Bucky Jan 2017 #6
Believed to be hundreds of years old? Bad copy Brother Buzz Jan 2017 #2
Exactly! Cattledog Jan 2017 #4
Exactly. Ten-hundred. Orrex Jan 2017 #12
How sad. n/t Little Tich Jan 2017 #3
Damn. montana_hazeleyes Jan 2017 #5
Well said. Duppers Jan 2017 #7
Yup. The trees talk to you. They really do. zonkers Jan 2017 #10
For sure. Hoyt Jan 2017 #8
Agree! mountain grammy Jan 2017 #25
... handmade34 Jan 2017 #9
Likewise. . . most of my family lives in Tulare County ET Awful Jan 2017 #13
Beautiful! classof56 Jan 2017 #19
Standing in a redwood forest is like being in a natural cathedral Zorro Jan 2017 #11
So is it just going to rot back to the ground or will they sell it? snooper2 Jan 2017 #14
it will lie on the ground and be reabsorbed into the forest pfitz59 Jan 2017 #16
Indeed Plucketeer Jan 2017 #22
Oh no! denbot Jan 2017 #15
Would probably still be there.. Chakaconcarne Jan 2017 #17
Okay, that's enough. Iggo Jan 2017 #18
My first thought jeffreyi Jan 2017 #26
Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks Bayard Jan 2017 #20
My late father-in-law got stuck in a hallowed out tree packman Jan 2017 #21
what's really sad to me barbtries Jan 2017 #23
But, but trees are evil. "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." - Ronald Reagan, 1981 Brother Buzz Jan 2017 #24
that was not reassuring. barbtries Jan 2017 #27
Sadly they've been cutting down these magnificent giants for a long time... FailureToCommunicate Jan 2017 #28
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