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Sequoia root ball  
   

Sequoia root ball

Here's one of the trees that blew down. Note the small roots (for a 300ft tall tree).
Yosemite Valley, Mariposa grove, and Glacier Point

September 22nd 2008
Laura is back on the journal today. We woke up and the water faucet for the campsite was frozen solid. Cold, cold, cold! I am in 4 layers up top and 2 layers on the bottom + a wool hat and gloves. People are huddled over their fires and mugs of coffee this morning. We're huddling over our oatmeal. During breakfast we saw 5 mule deer wander along the river by our campsite. They didn't hear u ... read more
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