Kings Canyon Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park

Kim and I went on a little walk-about this morning. We went to see some trees that were close to the lodge. The rest of the group slept in and got breakfast while we went out. It was very pretty out first thing in the morning.

We found some more Sequoias to explore. There was one that had fallen and the center was rotted or cut out. It was …

... on the ground at our site which did not help settle our nerves. We couldn't leave our campsite soon enough to go to Sequoia National Park, one of the oldest national parks.  As soon as we arrived, we saw a small black bear wandering the ...

... other side and away.   So, 2.5 days here we have now seen 7 bears, that's damned good odds! And there's still tonight and Kings Canyon to go, Today is Day 15, it doesn't seem that we have been away 2 weeks. I think next time it will have to be a ...

... up and updated the blog, it was 10:30.  A late start was fine because we only had a 3 hour drive to get to Sequoia National Park.  Our plan was to stop at a Wal-Mart in Porterville, CA for groceries and then head to the park.  Our GPS took ...

Today was fantastic! We went to Sequoia national park to see the giant sequoia trees but we were also lucky enough to see a black bear! The drive into the park is very scenic. The speed limits are very low to prevent bear deaths and at some points are as ...

... ) we went for a nice walk through the meadow to find Tharp's log.  Along the way we found some huge squirrels, a lot of birds, and bear scat.  After a long half-mile hike we made it to Tharp's log.  The reason of the location was that a ...

... nous décidons de partir. Comme nous étions au milieu du parc, nous décidons de prendre la sortie nord-ouest, vers Yosemite et Kings Canyon, à quelques 25 miles de nous. Erreur, car sur ce cote de la montagne le climat est plus froid (la végétation ...

... yellow owl t-shirt) and in my head I could hear him saying this line. We were happy to leave town and head into Sequoia national park. Again, like Yosemite, Sequoia National Park was really well run. Unfortunately, due to some road maintenance we had a ...

... accent...but Darren told him laughing that we were fine...it was him that sounded different! ha ha It is lovely here and the Sequoia RV Ranch is a fabulous place to stay.  The owners are very helpful and the place very picturesque.  We camped ...

... so the passes over the Sierra Nevada mountains were closed (probably until April or May!) problem was our first destination Sequoia National Park was directly the other side! We decided to head South where it would be a bit warmer and come round the ...

... all very confusing as all the guides say there is no Fuel in the Park - which there isn't, it's in the Forest. The Sequoia and Kings Parks and Forests all run into each other here.   We stopped at Grant Grove on the way to Kings. There is free ...