An elder of the Big Tree Forest dwarfs its spry younger companions (Camp Lena/Balch Park vicinity) |
"Advancing southward the giants become more and more irrepressibly exuberant, heaving their massive crowns into the sky from every ridge and slope, and waving onward in graceful compliance with the complicated topography of the region. But the finest block of Big Tree forest in the entire belt is on the North Fork of Tule River . . . . here for every old storm-stricken giant there are many in all the glory of prime vigor, and for each of these there is a crowd of eager, hopeful young trees and saplings . . . seemingly in hot pursuit of eternal life." --John Muir, Note: The full text of The Mountains of California is available in electronic format, including illustrations, from the Sierra Club's Web site. To go there now, click here (opens a new browser window). To "cut and paste" for future reference, the URL is:
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