Redwood Canyon hike

Saturday morning we left what was our home for the past week, hoping to find another camp site in Sequoia National Park. It was a risk, as the campground in King’s Canyon was near full the night before, but we had a big hike to pull off before. It came highly recommended from Tim and Amanda Watson after their hike just a few days before, so we arrived and set out on a four-hour journey through some crazy badass forest land filled with Sequoia and mushrooms galore.

Literally, the mushrooms ended up what the hike was all about. Kerri and I were spotting one or two every few minutes. This meant we stopped many times while Kerri inspected and decided to harvest or not, and then harvest (or not) each mushroom. It brings her so much joy, who am I to rush it, right? Heck, even though I have no love at all for mushrooms, I definitely enjoy foraging for them. We left the trail that day with a full bag of mushrooms, none of which I am interested in sticking into my mouth, so Kerri has a lot!

I will be the first to admit that my hiking in recent years has greatly reduced. What use to be a fairly mild hike is now a long one for me. This day we hiked nearly 7.5 miles including up and down some good grades. I was OK the first six miles, but the final mile was a slow climb up to the parking lot. It completely wiped me, but it was nice to put in some decent miles in my hiking career again.