Thursday we traveled from Kingsburg to see Sequoia National Park. What a different park from Yosemite. Most of Sequoia is marble rock formations. It is very rough and the roads are narrow and windy and go up to the top of the mountain and then down the other side and then into the Kings Canyon National Park.

we traveled from about 250 feet in Kingsburg, CA to over 7000 feet in Sequoia and Kings Canyon, It is a long haul up and they were working on the road near the top of the mountain with one lane of the road gone, They were rebuilding the outside lane from about 30 feet below the normal road level with concrete reinforcements. I can only imagine the chore it would be to drive a mixer up either side of the mountain to this construction site. It took us about 2 hours for the trip up with a few stops along the way. Going down was faster as the road through Kings Canyon is not as crooked so you can make about 30 to 35 mph as opposed to 10 and 15 mph going up in second gear.

We have many photos that we took in both parks and will have them later as we go along in our travels.


While we were waiting in line at the construction site the Ranger was talking about the fact that it was shorter/quicker to go on to Kings Canyon rather than turning around and going back the way we came, so we decided to do that and it added a lot to our day, but not as much as going back. A lot easier drive, however longer in miles.

A trip that most anyone that likes mountains would really enjoy, especially if you like mountain driving.

Friday it is off to the Sierra SKP park near Coarsgold, CA in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. We will the there for at least a week just to rest up and catch up on things.