Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park

This was a long day. My goal was to get from Fresno, Ca to Nevada with a swing up through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. I wound up behind the wheel for about 12 hours to cover that all in one day. Kings Canyon is pretty far off the beaten path. I don’t think I’d recommend doing all of this in one day. It’s not that there are that many things to shoot in the parks (at east compared to Yosemite). It’s just a lot of miles on twisty hilly small roads. I didn’t finally get in to Las Vegas until after 10:30 tonight. It’s hot here, still 95 at midnight. Tomorrow I will head Northeast into the Utah/Arizona canyon country.

This is the General Grant Tree, the one that instigated the initial protection of the Sequoias over 125 years ago. It is approximately 1650 years old. The only way to be absolutely sure of it’s age would be to cut it down and count the rings, but that would sort of defeat the purpose.:


This is one of the groves in the Forest of Giants. Didn’t see any Ewoks:


This black lizard is well camouflaged on a piece of burned wood:


Kings Canyon doesn’t have as many panoramic viewpoints as Yosemite. Too many big trees:


The Kings river flows through the center of the canyon:


The canyon was carved glacially like Yosemite, so it has some steep canyon walls: