United StatesCorona33°52’31” N 117°34’1” W
July 8, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
Not sure the kids have ever felt heat like this - 102!
United StatesBear Canyon34°49’33” N 118°52’14” W
July 8, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
United StatesDinuba36°32’1” N 119°23’41” W
July 8, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 39 °C
Kids missed a lot of olive trees and corn - which is to say they didn't miss much! The Best Western has a pool with our names on it though.
P.S. Who's the old guy who photo-bombed my shot here?
United StatesGeneral Grant Grove36°44’48” N 118°58’21” W
July 9, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Snagged a sweet camping spot at Azalea campground. Nice ranger helped us out. Now cooking a quick breakfast in the Grant Grove parking lot.
United StatesGeneral Grant Grove36°44’38” N 118°58’15” W
July 9, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Walked among the giants. We loved climbing through the old, fallen trunks. We named the branches dragon-eating tree (left) and person raising tree hands high (right). Fun fact - General Grant tree isRead more
United StatesWilsonia36°44’24” N 118°58’4” W July 9, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Kids and I are setting up a bit. I taught Franklin how to wave me back into a spot. Samantha is just relaxing.
Traveler So glad you are having the chance to see those amazing trees. And check out the contributions of the first African-American National Park Superintendent: "In the summer of 1903, Captain Charles Young would become the first African-American national park Superintendent when he and his troops were tasked to manage and maintain Sequoia National Park in northern California. Because the U.S. Army was tasked with protecting the national parks in these early years, the Army would send troops to manage, maintain and patrol them. Young and his troopers arrived in Sequoia National Park in the summer of 1903 and proceeded to construct roads and trails that other troops were unable to do in the years before them. As the leader of his troops, Young would inherit the title of Acting Superintendent of Sequoia National Park that year. He incorporated the local townsfolk to assist his troop's efforts and he and his troops' accomplishments from their summer of hard work were lauded by many throughout the area."
United StatesBig Stump Grove36°43’15” N 118°58’14” W July 9, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We went for a four mile hike through an area that had been logged a long time ago before the national park had been set up.
United StatesBig Stump Grove36°42’59” N 118°58’2” W
July 9, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We stood on the Mark Twain stump. People in New York didn't believe the slice of tree brought out in pieces and reassembled was real. They called it a hoax. We also saw a dying tree shedding its barkRead more
United StatesHume Lake36°47’35” N 118°54’17” W
July 9, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
A beautiful drive over to Hume Lake for a quick dip. Saw the remains of a forest fire from 1955! And - in the distance - snow!!
United StatesWilsonia36°44’24” N 118°58’5” W
July 9, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Sloppy Joes!
That's the Central Valley for you. Had been a huge lake there 100 years agp. On to the Sequoias!