I took today off from work, October 9, 2008, to enjoy a ride that I have been wanting to take for awhile. I left Bakersfield early around 9:00AM returning home at 7:30PM, having traveled 290 miles. I took the loop that I have outlined on the following map. The route took me through Sequoia and Kings National Parks.
This is the southern entrance to Sequoia National Park.
The road at one time traveled under this rock.
In the very far distance in the picture below is Moro Rock. Moro Rock is a granite dome located in the center of the park, at the head of Moro Creek, between Giant Forest and Crescent Meadow. A stairway, built in the 1930s by Civilian Conservation Corps, is cut into and poured onto the rock, so that visitors can hike to the top.
Zoomed in shot of Moro Rock,
Sequoias grow naturally only on the west slope of California's Sierra Nevada range, most often between 5000 and 7000 feet of elevation.
This picture is also the Sentinel from a different side.
This is the General Sherman Tree, the world's largest living tree, standing over 275 feet, whose trunk weighs an estimated 1,385 tons and has a circumference at the ground of nearly 103 feet.
This guy was on a cross country trip that started in North Carolina.
Sequoia National Park is our second oldest National Park.
The General Grant tree is called "America's Christmas Tree" In volume of total wood the giant sequoia stand alone as the largest living tree on earth.
Looking up to the top of the General Grant tree.
These little critters run all over the park.
This is the southern entrance to Sequoia National Park.
The road at one time traveled under this rock.
In the very far distance in the picture below is Moro Rock. Moro Rock is a granite dome located in the center of the park, at the head of Moro Creek, between Giant Forest and Crescent Meadow. A stairway, built in the 1930s by Civilian Conservation Corps, is cut into and poured onto the rock, so that visitors can hike to the top.
Zoomed in shot of Moro Rock,
Sequoias grow naturally only on the west slope of California's Sierra Nevada range, most often between 5000 and 7000 feet of elevation.
This picture is also the Sentinel from a different side.
This is the General Sherman Tree, the world's largest living tree, standing over 275 feet, whose trunk weighs an estimated 1,385 tons and has a circumference at the ground of nearly 103 feet.
This guy was on a cross country trip that started in North Carolina.
Sequoia National Park is our second oldest National Park.
The General Grant tree is called "America's Christmas Tree" In volume of total wood the giant sequoia stand alone as the largest living tree on earth.
Looking up to the top of the General Grant tree.
These little critters run all over the park.
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