Vacation Now, Rest When I'm Dead

Just got back from a long vacation in California. Longest vacation I ever took.

Here's something you don't see in Ohio. In Ohio, we have signs warning you to be careful lest you plunk a deer. Near the Mexican border, they warn you about a different form of creature crossing the road:

We spent the better part of a day driving and exploring the giant sequoias. We saw the General Grant tree (the 3^rd largest living thing on earth), and actually walked inside a fallen sequoia….the inside of which, at one time, had been used as a hotel, and a stable for 32 horses. It’s hard to imagine how huge these trees really are. The tree in this picture is really nothing special, by their elephantine standards: