Sequoia National Park
It was a short visit, being that Sequoia National park has no cell signal for us tospend the work week. Instead, we spent two of our weekend nights at the Lodgepole Campground and visited some of the main attractions in that area. First being the General Sherman tree – another monsterous Sequoia tree. Though slightly smaller than General Grant in King’s Canyon I couldn’t help be wonder how these guys can do what they do. It requires a lot of resources, and a long time, to grow to this size. Dinosaurs, they are, for sure.
On our one full day we had, we set out for another 6+ mile hike through the Giant Forest and into Crescent Meadow area. The prestine trail indicitive of the high sierras made for a mostly easy hike, thanksfully. It was just the day after our previous 7+ mile hike. The meadow was spectacular, of course, but it is Tharp’s Log – a cabin built into a downed Sequoia tree – that reallycaptured me. We only spent a few minutes there to eat a quick snack, but I spent the time wisely- day dreaming of living out there while my shee/goats/etc grazed in the meadow. Oh man woud i have loved to do that back in the day.
The following morning we set out West, on our way to the Big Sur area. Six hours of driving (and restocking supplies) got us most of the way. We just have to wait out the work-week before driving the last hour… no cell in Big Sur and all.
