Sunday, we headed to the Yosemite park's South Entrance to visit the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.It is the largest stand of giant sequoias in Yosemite: 200 trees, scientifically called Sequoiadendron giganteum, also known as Sierra redwoods or big trees.
Giant Sequoia are the most massive trees in the world and are one of the tallest and longest-lived (Coast Redwoods that live along the Northern Californian coast are the tallest). These trees were much more widespread before the start of the last Ice Age.
We hiked the few miles trail to see the "Grizzly giant", the "Bachelor and the three Graces", the "Telescope tree" and the "fallen tree"...
All along the road, we saw lots of Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus)
, some Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
and some Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
which is a comic, bright-blue bird with a pointed gray-black crest. Mid-afternoon, it was time to take the car for Glacier Point Road where the end gives you a breathtaking view of the valley: it overlooks it by 3,214 feet. It is very famous for its beautiful sunsets.
After this week-end filled with adventure and hiking action, we slept like marmots...
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