Family Trip To Sequoia National Park (Highlights)

Had an amazing nature experience this past weekend. After 3 weeks of crazyness (Vegas/BachelorPartyWeek) My family & extended family went on a nature vacation getaway...since phone signal was sparse...I took a break from twitter/facebook/email...it was nice

I've never heard much of Sequoia before the trip, all i knew about it was big Trees. But as I came to find, it was much more than that...foothills,canyons, lakes, rivers, mountains, and of course the enchanting forests made for Giants...

Only got to see crystal cave, General Sherman & Grant Tree's, and hung out at a spot by the river. There was much more to see, hike and do. One day I'd love to go back with close friends and do a more adventurous, spontaneous, and encompassing experiences that I wasn't able to do this time around. I'd love to take a small RV or something like that...

This trip re enforced my love of nature...even combining it with knowledge. I wiki surfed that night and found out that one of my favorite author and thinker...Ralph Waldo Emerson was highly inspired and influenced many of the early advocates of the California National Parks, such as Sequoia & Yosemite. I found it fascinating reading about John Muir...

During these years in Yosemite, Muir was unmarried, often unemployed, with no prospects for a career, and had "periods of anguish," writes naturalist author John Tallmadge. He was sustained by not only the natural environment, but also by reading the essays of naturalist author Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote about the very life that Muir was then living. On excursions into the back country of Yosemite, he traveled alone, carrying "only a tin cup, a handful of tea, a loaf of bread, and a copy of Emerson."

He usually spent his evenings sitting around a campfire in his overcoat, reading Emerson under the stars. As the years passed, he became a "fixture in the valley," respected for his knowledge of natural history, his skill as a guide, and his vivid storytelling. Visitors to the valley often included scientists, artists, and celebrities, many of whom made a point of meeting with Muir...

According to author William Anderson, Muir exemplified "the archetype of our oneness with the earth.

Sequoia...we will meet again...

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