Sequoia National Park

This Thanksgiving I went down to Sequoia National Park. Talk about amazing. You've heard how big these trees are, you've seen pictures on TV maybe, but you have no idea until you see them in person. I can tell you that these trees are up to 46' in diameter, weigh over 1500 tons, are around 275' tall, and have a circumference of over 100', but that really doesn't do them justice at all. Even a picture doesn't really do anything. You have to go see these trees for yourself.

It was an awe-inspiring trip to say the least. These trees are over 2000 years old, some close to 3000. Think about that. Think about what it means to have a tree that old, that big, right in front of you. You can walk up and touch many of them. When you walk through the groves of these giant trees, you can't help but have reverence for the trees. Walking through the Sequoias is like walking through consecrated ground.

The saddest thing is to see the pictures of the shitbags that logged the forest originally. Hundreds of these gorgeous trees and their cousins the redwoods have been logged and destroyed. Most of them, in fact. What collosal arrogance led us as humans to believe that we had any right to fell one of these giants? We are so insignificant compared to these trees. I guess it just goes to show that my original theory that the trees are better than people is completely correct.