About Sequoias time zone and jet lag [2-4 July] days 69 to 71

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We left Hong Kong on 2nd of July with Cathay Pacific flight CX880 at 23:40 to Los Angeles.
We arrived on July 2nd in LA at 21:20 after an almost a 13 hour flight! Hong-Kong being 15 hours ahead of LA, this kind of mathematics is possible...

As I am writing this text on July 10th I am still jet lagged, but that will be fixed over time.

The next day we went to a small town called Tulare, close to Sequoia National Park.
We had a great time hiking within this park, among the giants, some of them are several thousand years old!
During one of our hikes we met a young black bear and on 2 occasions a dear. Being alone in the forest with these wild animals certainly is an experience we won't forget.
We fell in love with the Sequoias, they survived the dinosaurs period and are so beautiful. We hope that you will enjoy the pictures.

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Photos

Young Black bear
one of the highlights of our hike!

Red pinewood cones
These trees are even higher than the traditional sequoias, but are much,much thinner.

Sequoia cones
much smaller than the res pine wood!

Deer
We manged to get very close.

Flowers
An example of beautiful compositions offered by nature.

Sequioa foot print
This shows the size of the footprint of the biggest sequoia, General Sherman.

Fire notice
park management utilizes preventive fires to regenerate the forest and prevent wild fires.

Comments

[maria]

hi bears
I loved the bears and the deers and the General Sheerman. What a forest!! Robs, fiz a entrevista mas disseram que iriam me avisar em dois dias e nao fizeram. Entao ja sei que nao fui escolhida. Me candidatei para um outro cargo e vamos ver o que da. Beijos para voce e Ben e continuem enviando a suas fotos maravilhosas.