AUGUST 23 - SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS

THURSDAY

AUGUST 23, 2012

 

Russ left early Thursday morning

 to take the Truck for service.

Bob met him, and took him

 to pick up the KIA at AVIS.

 

   It was a nice little car,

and a joy to drive it 160 miles,

on the curvy roads of

Sequoia National Park in the morning,

 and

Kings Canyon in the afternoon.

It only consumed 6 gallons of gas,

which was far less than the Truck would have.

 

 GOLDEN MANTLED SQUIRREL

 

GENERAL SHERMAN SEQUOIA

largest tree,

in Volume and Weight (1,385 tons) in World

 

 

 

Spray of Ponderosa Pine Cones

 

 

 

Crown of Ponderosa Pine Tree.

Note the puzzle piece type bark.

 

 

Mountain scene from Kings Canyon NP.