Los Padres NF – Sequioa NP – Kings Canyon NP – Sierra NF – Yosemite NP
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST – SEQUIOA NATIONAL FOREST/MONUMENT/PARK – KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK – SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST –
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
After leaving Camp25 at the coast, I followed Pacific Coast Highway north for another hour or so, went through Ventura where a friend studied a few years ago, to see the town she lived in and how things looked around there.
From Ventura I went due north-northeast, moving away from the coast, and drove through some really nice areas, Lod Padres National Forest being one of them. After a few hours of driving I reached Sequioa National Forest. I did some 4wheeling around here and made it my home for the night.
I spent a couple of days looking at the different giants around this area, the Sequioas (a GIGANTIC tree) are simular to the Redwood that can be found on the coast, but there are a few differences and they are actually not very closly related either… more about that later.
General Sherman – The largest single organism on the planet right now and General Grant are two of the most popular places that vistors come to see. These two giant Sequioas are so big you can’t fit them in one photo, barely in two! *smile*
After doing a small hike to enjoy som great views I almost drove right into a blackbear! Two minutes later, I saw another blackbear with her cub running around not too far away from my truck!
I spent another night in a different part of Sequioa National Forest and the day after I made a push out to Fresno, then north to Sierra National Forest, just in the outskirts of Yosemite National Park.
The next day I booked a campspot at Camp4 (not to be confused with my camps!) which is not far from Yosemite Valley. The views in this valley is absolutly beautiful and yet again, I understand why these areas I been travelling through have designated National Park status.
A very early morning I woke up in a puddle. This was the first day it rained on me, and the first day of course I needed to sleep in a tent! Murphys Law again I suppose *smile*
YouTube clips from this part of the trip includes:
Los Padres National Forest:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=g31qDLK-i3I
Los Padres National Forest – Views:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RFcRBTq_MLY
Sequioa National Forest – Talking about altitude and botany:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=n4bFh2Ws1bg
Camping and Recycling:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=c1AWQ_SUw4Y
Sequioa National Monument:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=bUmNMDCP-wA
Sequioa National Monument 2:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tiNxOCOOQu8
Sequioa National Park – Giant Forest:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=UDR7S2WFmCU
Sequioa National Park – Views Views Views:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=j_NVSns__Ww
Sequoia National Park – Bear Encounter!!
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=dyg0yc2ngaA
Kings Canyon – Fallen Monarch
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=OpY1dVd-TRI
Sierra National Forest:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zSeJ1rqMwWg
Sierra National Forest – There are pinecones and there are pinecones…
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=E7G0U78RGeg
Yosemite – 4wheeling:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=f-SHJFqgtzw
Yosemite – May Lake Hike
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=-rI7Cn02gvc
Yosemite – Waking up in a puddle…
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rA58AtHeJm4
Picture Galleries from this part of the trip includes:
Los Angeles – Sequoia National Forest:
http://www.s-mart.se/blogs/mypictures/?album=080930LASequoiaNationalForest
Sequioa National Park:
http://www.s-mart.se/blogs/mypictures/?album=081001SequoiaNationalPark
Kings Canyon National Park:
http://www.s-mart.se/blogs/mypictures/?album=081002KingsCanyonNationalPark
Yosemite National Park:
http://www.s-mart.se/blogs/mypictures/?album=081003YosemiteNationalPark