Another great day here in the Sierra's. We spent the morning riding the park shuttle and seeing the sights. We first went to see the main event which is the General Sherman tree…it is the largest tree in the world. Not the tallest or even the fattest but the biggest in volume. And my is it big! We are tiny compared to these giant sequoias! After seeing the tree we went walking in the groves doing the Congress Trail. They had another huge tree named the President and then some trees that were the Senate and House. It was a beautiful nature walk in the groves with tons of huge trees, a couple of small waterfalls and beautiful fern meadows. After that we had our picnic lunch and then it was back on the shuttle to the Giant Forest Museum. That was a lot of fun and the kids learned some things about trees. Back on the shuttle again to visit Moro Rock. This is a huge rock where you climb stairs all the way to the top, about ¼ mile worth of stairs. The view is so worth it as we saw beautiful views of the Sierra Nevada and even saw snow on the mountains. One last trip after this to visit Crescent Meadow. The kids were fighting me about this one as they felt they had hiked enough but I love meadows and didn't want to miss it. So we bribed and promised ice cream after and got back on the shuttle to the meadow. I'm glad we did because we saw a bear! Right when we started the trail a lady told us there was a bear up ahead on the side of the trail. Megan immediately went into panic mode (she is deathly afraid of bears!) so I stayed back with her and Leah. Tim and Noah checked it out and then when Tim came back I went to take a peek and there he was. About 30 feet off the trail he was foraging…we got some good pictures and then went back to assess Megan. It was a full panic attack in effect with crying, shaking, everything. So the rest of the hike was not going to happen. So I didn't get to see my meadow but the bear was worth it! Even though we didn't finish the hike we had our ice cream and it was good! Then it was back to camp to hang out and relax…we even got a nap in. We have some lovely neighbors that we have been spending time with too. Leah took in a bike ride and Noah and I played Battleship. Then it was off to the nightly ranger program…about bears. So guess who didn't go? Megan! Anyone know of a good therapist specializing in bear phobias?
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