We fianally got on the road about 10:30am this morning. This would normally have been the day we drove from Three Rivers near Sequoia up to Oakhurt were we will be visiting Yosemite. We have decided to drive to Sequoia on the way so we can at least get a glimse of that park. It seemed a shame to come so close and miss it. We arrive at Sequoia about 3:00pm after a long entrance to the park. Lots of switchbacks and elevation gain. First stop was Moro rock, a huge granite monlith that rises out of the valley floor. There is a really cool hiking path that has stairs cut into the rock and metal railing for safety. We hiked out a quarter mile our so, but didn't make it to the top for lack of time. I was still pretty spectacular. From there we headed for the tunnel tree. A Giant Sequoia that has falled over. The trunk is so thick there is an actual tunnel cut through it and we were able to drive our van thru it with the roof box on and still have inches to spear! These giant trees are bigger than words can discribe, but I'll try. Catie was leaning back trying to see the top of one and almost fell over backwards. The bark on them is over 30 inches thick, with hieghts of over 250 feet with many of them over 2,000 years old. Amazing. We visited the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the park, but more importantly, the largest living thing on the planet. The kids were wow'd by these trees. After leaving Sequoia, we drove here to Oakhurst which seemed to take forever. Finally got to the hotel about 10:30pm all of us are pretty tired.
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