North to Sacramento

After we enjoyed Yosemite Nat'l Park for a couple days, we headed north for Sacramento. It is a big little town. While Sacramento is certainly a large city, it has an old town area that is very quaint and a must see. This is the end of the historic Pony Express. We saw the beginning of the Pony Express in Missouri a year earlier. This was a short stop over for us prior to heading into southern Oregon and then south along the California coast and the Redwood National Park and ultimately to San Francisco. The kids are becoming incredible road warriors enjoying the trip and the time in the car.

SEQUOIA NP Here We Come....

It is a bit of an inconvenient "haul" to get around/over/through the Sierras and to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks (www.nps.gov/seki ), but that was our goal today. We were staying in Sequoia tonight at the Wuksachi Lodge (http://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/lodging.htm). We wanted to scope out part of the park prior to bedding down so we motored over the mountain "with purpose" as they might say.

In our hike up Moro Rock, I confess I gave up with some of the overlooks and to the dismay of my small children headed down. My biggest regret of the trip.

We also saw these black bears (although they have a redish tone to them) in the woods not far from the road. One proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that bears do $hit in the woods while we watched - just doing my scientific duty.