Tuesday, April 10th - Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks

This morning we drove up to Kings Canyon National Park where we ate lunch at the Grant's Grove Village. The turkey melts and the chili was very good in the cool air. We were around 7,000 foot elevation and there was snow in many places. On the drive up, we passed MANY fields and orchards of different fruits. Peaches, oranges, pistachios, grapes for raisins, etc. In fact, this area in the raisin capital of the world!

After lunch, we drove to the Robert E. Lee and the General Grant Giant Sequoias. These trees are the largest living things on the planet! They are not the tallest (under 300' tall) but they have VERY hefty trunks, sometimes over 100' around. We then drove south, on the General's Highway, into Sequoia National Park and saw the General Sherman Giant Sequoia, THE largest tree in the world!

There was a 30 minute delay for construction on the downhill segment. After that, MA spotted these black bears in a meadow above the road, about 300 yards away. This is a pic taken with the digital zoom which is fuzzier and more grainy than the optical zoom. But, it did bring the bears much closer in the pic.