Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are adjacent to each other with a mixture of National Forest areas in between. All the areas have Sequoias, but Kings Canyon also has a huge, deep canyon with high granite walls on both sides. Most of the parks, like Yosemite, are wilderness areas accessible only by backpacking.
As we set off to Kings Canyon from Sequoia we could tell that the smoke had increased. The Sierra Mountains already are pretty full of smog from the coastal cities, but the ongoing fire in a portion of the park really added to the lack of visibility. We drove through the worst of it with our air conditioner on recycle so that most of the smoke was kept out. There are several smaller Sequoia Groves in Kings Canyon and we toured them and then went off to see the canyon. There were more and more winding roads, no guard rails and steep ups and downs. I am done with the thrill of wondering every minute if I am going to plunge to my death over a steep embankment. Give me some flat!
We had another cool evening with a great campfire. It gets dark early in the mountains. We have also noticed how quiet it is. I think that the huge spaces sort of absorb any noise and all we hear is the wind in the trees. It is just beautiful.
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It's too bad about all the smoke. In the picture it looks a little hazy but not terrible though. I'd take mountain roads over flat surfaces any day. I can't believe that you haven't gotten used to it after all the traveling you two have done. It's good that dad doesn't have the same level trepidation or you would have to stay out of the mountains all together ;-)
I assumed after your last post that it would be noisier with all the people in the campground. It's great that after a day of touring around that you can go back and enjoy some sudo solitude at a campfire without feeling like your at a block party.
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