Visiting Sherman

A few minutes down the road lives general Sherman, so we went to visit him.
Here is a nice spot to rest in the middle of the hike.

And here you can see me trying to imitate Dad and his disappearing thumb act.
I haven't quite figured out how it works, but I will.

And here he is, the general himself. He used to be the largest living thing, but got demoted to just being the largest living tree after a mushroom was found that was bigger (albeit mostly underground). Did you know he grew up from a tiny seed?
A guide showed us seeds and acorns. Pretty amazing to think that in a mere few thousand years a tiny seed can turn into something this big.

To give you a closer shot, here I am trying to see how big one of the smaller trees is...