We spent Paul's fall break "glamping" at Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Park. Did I mention that Sequoia is my favorite place? Grandma Jamie and Pa Duane joined our adventure. We got to explore parts of the two parks we hadn't seen on our last visit, and for my mom it was a first time in either park. Kings Canyon was tremendous and had some great views, the Giant Forest is still my favorite spot.
Poor Laszlo got carsick and spent our first day there with a fever. We faced him forward for the twisty canyon roads, hoping to prevent another attack of the pukies. It worked, by day two he was pretty much fine.
Paul was much more interested in hiking and enjoyed our second visit a lot more than our first. It was chilly, but it was also sunny and dry so that might have helped his attitude. Also, we bribed him. That might have had something to do with it too.
Paul requested we hike up Moro Rock again. I was excited to go up on a clear day so we could see the great view, if you read my post from our first trip to Sequoia NP, you may remember that we basically hiked into a cloud the last time. This time we got the view to reward our efforts, so, yay!
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| My favorite picture: Lee, Laszlo, Grandma Jame, and a big old tree |
We hiked the Big Stump trail which, as the name might suggested, had a lot of big stumps. These are the Sequoia that were cut down before they became a protected species. This very Gothic stump was literally crawling with children. Like, a dozen kids climbing around in it:
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| Can you spot Paul's grey hood and lime green gloves? |
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| A bit of a look at my black eye as it progressed. No photos do it justice. |
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| A Saguaro-shaped Sequoia! |
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| General Grant "America's Christmas Tree" |
