New Poll Question

I just posted a new poll question to the left side of the blog. One of my favorite vacations of all time was visiting multiple national parks on a road trip out west. I got to see much of this country and amazing scenery. If you ever get the chance to take a trip out to any of our nations national parks, you won't regret it. There are many national parks for you to go to. The poll question only reveals a handful.
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The largest tree by volume. Image from wildnatureimages.com

My favorite park that I have been to thus far has got to be Sequoia National Park in central California. You enter the park and start driving up and up until all of a sudden you start seeing these humongous trees here and there and then you reach the elevation to where they are all around. These trees are some of the biggest in the world. They grow to over 250 feet tall and are wider than some city streets. Insane! While the Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world, the Sequoias are the biggest volume wise.

Click here to learn more about Sequoia National Park and other national parks around this vast and beautiful country. I hope you are able to visit a park in the near future. And don't forget to answer the poll question. Which park would you want to visit?

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