After getting done at the cave and walking up all those stairs, we went to actual Angel's Camp, CA. It was a small town. From there we went to Big Trees State Park because we hadn't done enough walking. This is one of those big trees (Sequoia) that had been cut down a long, long time ago. It was HUGE!! Ayla was standing on the 5th or 6th step leading up to the stump. I'm in the very middle of it.
I do hope you can click on photos to make them bigger. This is another Sequoia - according to a volunteer, only the California Red Wood trees are along the coast while inland are the Sequoia. They are in the same family. Big trees are big trees. I am in this photo, but as you can see by the guy standing next to/slightly behind the tree, it's big.
See! Here I am!
Part of the roots of a fallen tree. According to the same volunteer we talked to, these roots only go about 6-8 feet down in the ground. It was so weird, at the cave we had gone to, there were Oak tree roots 35+ feet down!
I hid in a tree. Ayla could fit in that opening.
Ayla tried to get the whole tree (it had fallen over) in the picture, but ... she couldn't. You can see the ground here and where I am was above her head. She figured the tree was about 9 feet across.
There are a few more photos that need to be added, but Ayla doesn't have them on her phone.
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