Tru,
The General Sherman is a Sequoia. It is just a few minutes drive from Fresno. When I lived down there I used to spend week ends in that park and still have a couple of the small souvenirs that I got at the park station. I believe one of them is a little plastic thing that you look in one end and the General Sherman is at the other end. I hope the park hasn't changed a lot over the years as it was a great place to get out among the trees and away from everyone for a while.
We have the Redwoods Park up here which is over by the coast and they have some very large trees too, but nothing to match the Sequoias. To get away from everything for a while I can drive up to Lassen Park and walk back down through the wilderness and you won't see anyone all day. Especially since they have started charging to go into the park and the price of gas is so high.
Ron
