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"Majestic Grove," Lennon says, stopping to look up at the enorest trees Many of these beauties are a thousand years old The redwoods on the coast can get taller, but these here in the Sierras are bigger"
I’ve seen coastal redwoods around the observatory at hoiant trees So around as a car and they nearly block out the sky And the canyon ferns we’ve been walking through have nothing on these They create a pale green carpet on the forest floor, and their fronds are so large, it’s as if they’re in coer
"It looks prehistoric," I murmur
"Endor Forest scenes with the ewoks in Return of the Jedi were filht?"
"It’s stunning," I say as we enter the ancient forest, craning y, and it sood kind of musty And it’s quiet Which is odd, because the canyon was filled with the sounds of singing birds and the echo of the river off the rocky canyon walls The water is still flowing here, but it’s a softer babble, absorbed by the great trees
I walk up to a sequoia and run , and then stretch outit "How many people would it take to reach all the way around?"
"Too many" Lennon stands near me and stretches his arms around the tree, too We don’t even ether
"I love this place," I say, and mean it
"It’s"My cathedral"
I understand why
He points to our left "There’s a bigger trail that runs along the northern edge of the sequoias, several miles from here No one comes down this way It’s secluded Froht, so there’s less food for animals Fewer insects for birds, so it’s quieter"
"No mosquitoes"
"Fewer mosquitoes," he corrects
"I’ll take it Any i around "This is surreal I e could stay here"
"We can," he says "This is where we’re ca early"
"Really?"
"Truly Reason one being that I love it here I know it ht sound weird, because it’s so dark in here, but it’s sort of s I thought was that I wished you could be here to share it with me"
I look into his face and my heart melts
"Now you can," he says, softer
Thunder booht there is the second reason That stor to be fierce, and we need to find a place to et a little farther away froood spot Hurry"