As a "Son of the Golden State" I can confirm Chuck's comment. The Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia) in the Sierra Nevada mountains along the California/Nevada border are huge compared to California's Coastal Redwoods, but both are impressive. Interestingly, it takes a forest floor fire to enable the redwood seeds to germinate. It took a while to figure that out, so now a sustainable redwood policy includes controlled forest floor burns. Some of the trees are over 2000 years old. Sam L. On 8/5/2016 4:55 PM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

For those who haven't seen giant redwoods, they get a lot bigger than those shown.

Chuck

-----Original Message----- From: Michelle DeSmyter [mailto:michelle.desmyter@icann.org] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 4:41 PM To: Gomes, Chuck; gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] FW: Photo

Absolutely beautiful - thanks for sharing Chuck!

Enjoy the rest of your trip!

Best, Michelle

-----Original Message----- From: <gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com> Date: Friday, August 5, 2016 at 2:57 PM To: "gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" <gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org> Subject: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] FW: Photo

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Here is a photo of my wife and I earlier this week after our WG meeting in the redwoods on the Northern California coast.

Chuck

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