Kings Canyon 20141001_170316

Kings Canyon

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October 1st 2014
We spent a few nights at beautiful Kings Canyon. First we stayed on the national park campsite at Grant Grove high up. Here we had a wonderful walk along a pine ridge with spectacular veiws over the Sierra Nevada (sprinkled with snow on the peaks!) in one direction, and the pine covered foothills and flat Fresno valley the other side. It was sunny in the day, but became freezing cold at night. I w ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more