USA, California 2009 - days 14 - 16 at Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon

We spent our first day driving through the Giant Forest and heading to Kings Canyon.

The redwood trees in the Giant Forest are the largest by volume and even though they are not the highest, they are still very tall at 80 to 100 m high and also very old at 1500 - 2000 years of age.
Try and find Sofie in this photo.
Here she is.









Mum & Sofie standing inside one of the Sequoia giants! It would take 20 people to dance around the base of this old tree!!!






Video of Sofie crawling! To see a video of how she moved before our trip click here


Film of one of the giants.

400 steps in the giant forest took us to the top of Moro rock and a 360 view.

In the forest one of the giants fell over the road and instead of removing it they made a tunnel which is very novel.



Sofie & Bab-ba in the tree museum checking out pine cones.














Sofie & Ma-ma in the caves. Unlike the Australien limestone caves these were actually marble!! Not nearly as impressive but still quite beautiful.


















More photos of the cave formations.





















Back in Three Rivers we looked for a place to swim. As in Australia water shortage is also a big problem in California. This boat ramp leads to a dried out spot where water used to be.

We finally find a great spot and Sofie thoroughly enjoys the refreshing water.


Back at our B&B hotel Ba-ba and Sofie have a wrestling match. Sofie is the undisputed winner of the first round!! :)
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