On our second day of vacation, we drove down to King's Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. They are about 2.5 hours from Yosemite, so we just went for the day.
The world's largest tree (in volume) is at Sequoia and it's called General Sherman. The sequoia trees are much bigger around than the coastal redwoods, but the coastal redwoods are usually taller.
We climbed to the top of Moro Rock in Sequoia. You can see the snow-capped Sierras behind us.
They have a cave in Sequoia called Crystal Cave. It was neat! You can take 45 minute tours.
This is our hotel in Yosemite- The Wawona. This is the main building where we stayed, it was built in 1879. There's no TVs, radios, or telephones!
We hiked up to Taft Point in Yosemite.
Sara was brave and got close to the edge.
Ryan was not so brave, and had to crawl on his belly to peek over the edge.
Beautiful Half Dome and Vernal and Nevada Falls
We took the Mist Trail and hiked 2 miles straight up to Vernal Falls. We were soaked by all of the mist!
Made it to the top!
Misty!
Rainbow at Vernal Falls on our hike back down.
Our squirrel friend :)
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