{"id":1829,"date":"2013-07-20T03:50:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T02:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:29:12","slug":"really-really-big-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=1829","title":{"rendered":"Really, Really Big Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our continuing RV Odyssey in the Western States today took us through what botanists like to refer to as Really, Really Big Trees. &nbsp; The Avenue of the Giants was particularly impressive &#8211; not really captured accurately by this timelapse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Avenue of the Giants\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KPy7MBbkxiA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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