We had our first Mystery Skype! It turned out to be a ranger from Calaveras State Park.

 

  • She is giving us hints about where it is that she lives, such as which hemisphere, which country, and what landmarks she lives by.
  • Calaveras translated to English is skull. It is a Spanish word.
  • The park is located at the top of a mountain so that the trees can get a lot of water to grow. It’s so high in elevation it gets snow.
  • Some of the big Sequoia trees can grow up to as high as a skyscraper building, and the smallest one is still 30 ft around. You can go inside the tree and look up inside the tree because because there’s a hole at the bottom.
  • There is a tree that is 3,000 years old  which is 110 feet around and it’s the oldest and biggest living tree.
  • It just snowed, they got 5 inches of snow in California!!!
  • Native Americans used Sequoia trees to build huts.
  • The Sequoia trees need about 8 bathtubs worth of water.

 

We had a very great time talking to this ranger because we didn’t know where she was. She gave us many interesting facts we did not know about the Sequoia trees and about California itself.She was very sweet and answered all of the questions we had.it was a very cool experience to learn about !!!

 

By- Kamryn Brown and Skylar Karl