4.1K views · 332 reactions | Sometimes it's great to feel small. Yosemite's Mariposa Grove can currently only be reached by hiking... but oh what an experience! Video by Instagram user @discover_california_  | https://bit.ly/3pc7KV4 (Yosemite special offers) #YosemiteNation - Visit Gold Country - Visit California - California High Sierra | Yosemite Nation | Facebook

4.2K views · 267 reactions | It’s a good day when we can celebrate a promotion AND add to our family! Congratulations to newly promoted Sergeant Justin Sturm. And Welcome to our family 4 new full time Patrol Deputies Shawn Campbell Jonathan Converse Steven Dugger Pete Sutherland They will spend the next ten weeks with their Field Training Officers learning the ropes! Make sure you say Hi if you see them out and about. | Mariposa County Sheriff's Office | Facebook

This is the California Tunnel Tree, a living giant sequoia in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove that had a tunnel carved through its trunk in 1895 to allow horse-drawn carriages and later cars to pass through. Unlike other tunneled trees that eventually fell, this one remains alive and thriving, making it one of the few tunnel trees still standing today. Today, it’s a popular spot where visitors can walk through the trunk and experience firsthand the incredible scale and resilience of these ancient sequ