We left Newark very early for the 4+hour drive, 250 miles) to Sequoia National Park. Darrell really wanted to see General Sherman, the biggest tree in the world, a giant Sequoia in the park. We arrived a little after 9am.
What we didn't realize was that there has been a lot of flooding in the park and roads washed out. So, the roads are blocked about 5 miles in. We would see no Sequoias today. We stopped at the Visitor Center for a bit. I got my NPS Passport stamped, then Darrell walked down to the river to see the rushing waters while I stayed and sketched the Visitors Center.
We did drive in as far as we could. Considering it isn't really open, there were a lot of people there (it is Memorial Day afterall). We stopped along the way to see a few of the sights.
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| Tunnel Rock - the road used to go thru here. See Darrell up on top? |
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| At Hospital Rock, you could climb up to see native symbols painted on this rock. |
A little disappointed, we left the park, but are putting it high on our list of places to re-visit. We headed south to Santa Clarita, where we will the night, another 3 hours and 175 miles of driving.
