Blogs from Sequoia National Park, California, United States, North America - page 4

Today we got up early, had breakfast, and began an all day road trip to Sequoia National Park. A 160 mile one way trip. Made the trip with no issues in the trucks. As you can see from the pics, there was sneaux on the mountains. Did not really expect to get into the snow, but we really did. The park was beautiful this time of the year. The Giant Trees of the park were awesome. General Sherman is reported as the largest tree in the world. Not the tallest, but the largest in the estimation of board feet contained in the tree. It's annual growth equals the size of a good size tree. We drove up to 7000 ft elevation in the Park. The views were undescribeable across the valleys, canyons, and mountain tops. Road ... read more

Today, I have a choice to make. Sequoia National Park borders another national park called Kings Canyon. This park protects the namesake canyon, a dramatic glacial gorge. Measured from the canyon floor to the top of the surrounding peaks, it’s the deepest in the world! Kings Canyon is an unusual park in that very little of it can be seen from a road. The trails are long. If I try to see much of it, I won’t have time for anything else. Reading my guidebook, Sequoia National Park also has trails into the backcountry, and they are shorter. I decided to hike where I am instead; this should leave time for more trees and a taste of Kings Canyon afterward. Tokopah Falls Trail Lodgepole Campground marks the trailhead for a hike up t... read more

So after a good brekky inside us we made our way to Kings and Sequoia National Parks and waved a fond farewell to our friends from the night before. We arrived early into Kings Canyon and after visiting the visitors centre to pick up a trusty magnet of which we now have quite a collection, we headed to Grant Grove to view some of the world’s largest trees; the Giant Sequoias. We saw the General Grant Tree which is the world’s second largest tree and was named America’s Christmas tree by President Calvin Coolidge in 1926, to be honest I didn’t think it looked very Christmassy although it was huge! After taking a short walk in this grove we decided to head down into the canyon as we will be visiting Sequoia National Park tomorrow where ... read more

It seems fitting to begin our travel blog at the place where we met, 24 years ago today. Lodgepole Campground in Sequoia National Park. We’ve camped here every year since, and this year, we were lucky enough to get our very favorite campsite again. It sits by itself on a little hill, overlooking a small waterfall. When we arrived on Thursday, we were greeted by a doe and her two spotted fawns. We stared at them and they stared at us until they decided we were OK and went back to their grazing. An hour or so later, a big cinnamon-colored bear and her cub ambled down the riverbed and up the bank just beyond our site. Sequoia is bear country after all, and in order to keep our furry friends from a diet of corn ... read more

Nous ne pouvons pas quitter la Californie sans passer par le Sequoia National Park. On opte donc pour une grosse étape de Yosemite en direction du grand canyon en passant par le parc regroupant les plus impressionnants Sequia du monde... Au total une journée de 12 heures de voiture coupé par la visite l'après midi dans le Sequoia National Park et notre dîner à Kingman. Maëlys dort dans la voiture sans problème. Elle ne souffrira pas de cette longue journée grâce à ces longues pauses. Le détour en vaudra la chandelle; même si nous avions eu des premisses de grandeur dans le Redwood National Park, nous sommes impressionnés par ces grands arbres vieux de plus de 1500 ans, large de 30 mètres et haut de 130 mètres. Nous coucherons dans un motel au milieu de nulle ... read more