I know.. I know.. Black Friday was almost a month ago, but I barely got around to editing the pictures. As a matter of fact I still haven't finished the ones from my Joshua Tree trip in September. For this trip, Annie, Jennifer, Jie, and I decided to do a day trip to Sequoia Natl. Park with no real plans or itinerary, we kinda sorta just winged it. We left home around 7AM and made it to the small town of Visalia by 10:30ish. We had a little fiasco with the keys being locked in the trunk (my fault, don't ask..), but needless to say, after an hour all 4 of us manage to get the keys out and go on our way. We made it to the entrace of the park by 1PM and began the real adventure! I'll stop blabbing on and move on to the pictures.
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| Our first stop was where the road forks to Kings Canyon and General Sherman tree. We stopped off the side of the road and wandered into the woods a little. I was so in love with this place already. |
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| Further up the road, we stopped at a turnout which offered a great view of some of the mountain peaks in the park. Across the turnout we saw our first bit of snow for the day! The snowball fighting ensued. |
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| I mean... How can you ever get tired of this? This was at yet another turnout further up the road from the previous picture. We caught a glimpse of an open meadow beyond the woods. It was covered in snow, so we had to check it out. |
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| Here is said snow-covered meadow. This was just a small portion of it. To the left of the picture was the rest of the meadow, but this side had a nicer view. |
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| It was everything I imagined it to be (and some). Sequoia was just getting better and better. |
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| Amazed by the snow, heh. |
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| We played in the meadow for a good half an hour, but then I spotted a pathway deeper into the woods, so naturally.... We had to check it out! Lol. |
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| We were endlessly falling into the deep snow, but at this point, we began hearing the sounds of running water. Further we go. |
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| Sure enough, the trail cut off at a small stream. It was the icing on the cake for our little side trip. |
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| After that snow covered meadow, we reached the General Sherman Tree trail. The trail was like a nice stroll in the park and was surrounded by these massive trees everywhere you turned. Daylight was slowly starting to fade by this time so we hastened our pace a bit so we could search for a spot to watch the sunset. |
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| We were not disappointed at all by our view of the sunset. Seeing these pictures again makes my hairs stand on end. You really can't beat this view after a long day of hiking around. Mission success! |
Hope y'all enjoyed the pics from our trip! I'm looking at these right now and itching to go back again.. Next time, I'm determined to visit the Kings Canyon area. But until then, have a merry Christmas!
