The Galipeau's Adventures

We left the KOA by the Sequoia and now had a two day travel to Flagstaff, AZ to see the Grand Canyon.
When we first left and also coming back from the Sequoia that California agriculture is booming out here. Yes of course I know from when I buy fruit and veggies from the store but when you see it, it has more of a impact. Acres and acres of beautiful groves, just made me feel like I was home in Florida, minus the railroads. Boy now those things are booming here and they are miles long and running continuous.

It was amazing the wind mills that are out here, too, thousands, not hundreds. Yes the wind does blow but it does not make it seem any cooler, although I know it does.

The travel was beyond hot.

Mojave desert area.

A rain shower came through, the temp dropped to 76 and in 20 minutes the temp was back up to 116.

Joshua Trees

Oh my!

Can you believe this. This is with the a/c going. I need to check my eggs in the frig I bet they are hard boiled by now. They say the desert heat isn't as bad as the humid heat in Florida. No they are wrong it is beyond hot. It was so hot the a/c could not keep up. We went to take showers and the cold water was too hot, just as hot as the hot water (really not kidding). We went to Walmart, didn't need anything but needed to cool down. Went back to motorhome still the a/c could not keep up. We went and swam in the Colorado River to try to cool down to go to bed. Got up in the morning it had cooled down to 105. Really when you start the day at that temp it goes no where but up, lets head to the hills, NOW.

As we enter Sequoia National Park the first thing to greeting us is a deer right side the road. Gave us a quick smile and went back to eating.

As we begin our tour up the mountain and we are meet with some majestic views. Today was a little hazy but hopefully not to bad.

We keep seeing these sign in all our travels we have not seen one grizzly or black bear. Must be the bear spray we have with us all the time, they have a keen sense of smell those bears, must be working.

Aren't these some tall trees. I'm still so awe by these trees. The sequoias and redwoods are god's gift of time. Some of these are over 3200 years old. Before Christ's was born WOW. If they could talk imagine the stories they could tell and what they have been through.

Our first hike of the day was Moro Rock. Experiencing Moro Rock was a highlight at the Sequoia. It had breathtaking 360 views of the park and beyond. The glacially carved peaks and large trees tops could all be seen from the top of here. We were at 6725 feet believe it or not we were a mile higher the the lowest point that we could see out to the west and a MILE lower than the peaks to the east. In the earlier days they climbed the mountain with ropes, thank goodness they have stairs now because no way would Steve have done that. Although 400 stairs he was not happy about either but we were rewarded.

The view to my left

The view to my right

Now the descend down

down some more

At the bottom.

Now this birthday girl (me) has had a date with the General for a long time.

General Sherman is 275 high and 36 feet in diameter. Now that's a big guy.

I salute the general.

OK Steve I'm tired of holding my arms up. Please hurry take the picture.

My second date was with General Grant, he's 267 feet high and 30 feet diameter. He's a little more famous and has more metals. Named after General Grant in 1867 then President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed it the "Nation's Christmas Tree" on April 28, 1926. Due in large part to its huge base, the General Grant tree was thought to be the largest tree in the world prior to 1931, when the first precise measurements indicated that the General Sherman was slightly larger. On March 29, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared the tree a "National Shrine", a memorial to those who died in war. It is the only living object to be so declared.

So now on to see the King. I've read and I was told by a Park Ranger that King Canyon road in the best scenic route in the US hummmm ok Let's check it out.