We started out the morning in Yosemite. We packed up quickly because we were so excited to head south to Sequoia!
There are so many vineyards and orchards in this area. I knew I'd heard about this and seen it in movies, but it's the real deal. They are everywhere! I think we made a total of three stops at these local fruit stands.
#thehillsmobile was a trooper maneuvering through the orchard.
Fresh peaches.
California love.
More on these ginormous pine cones later.
We thought this glass milk bottle might be a great souvenir for us to save change and remember our trip in all the years to come!
Milk mustache.
We made it to the campsite near Sequoia and it was over 100 degrees, so we quickly unhooked #thehillsmobile and made our way into the parks in the mountains where it was much cooler.
Our first stop in Sequoia NP was The Giant Forest to see the world's largest living tree, the General Sherman Tree. This brick monument represents the diameter of the tree.
The Sequoia trees are breathtaking up close. They towered over us by 25 stories or more and they can live over 2,000 years.
On our way from Sequoia NP to King's Canyon NP, we had to take a photo of these pine cones. They're larger than our heads! I never knew pine cones grew this large.
Nothing like a 2,000 year old, 300 foot tall tree to remind you that you're merely a radar blip in the grand scheme of things. - Brian
The newest member of the Hills family...our new, two year old baby giant sequoia tree. We adopted him for 10 bucks (if only that was how much an adoption really cost). I'll name him Johnny after John Muir. Now we just need to wait 50 years before it's 6 feet tall... - Brian
Something we've learned on this trip is that we brought way too much food with us. We're used to camping and making our own meals, but this trip is totally different than camping.
I'll leave you with this. This is the thing I don't like about camping, at least in warm climates. Bugs. Ugh!!!
We don't have the leisurely mornings we typically do where we can make a big breakfast and then hang out. On this trip, we want to get on the road ASAP to get where we need to be for the day. At lunch, we have been making sandwiches for the road or hiking, and that has worked out really well.
For dinners, we are not really in the mood to get back late from sightseeing and make a big dinner and then do dishes for an hour. We're exhausted after hiking or driving all day and we're ready to just eat and not have to clean up! So, we've been eating out most breakfasts and dinners.
Also, if you're ever planning a trip to these two national parks, you probably need to know that there aren't any quick ways to get in or out. It took us about 5+ hours to go through the parks and back to the campsite, which is only about 7 miles from the entrance of Sequoia NP. It was a long drive!
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