SEQUOIA/KING'S CANYON NATIONAL PARKS 7-13-11

Getting into the park is a little more difficult than we imagined.  Major road construction because of the bad winter between the park entrance and the Giant Forest Museum where many of the trails start required us to wait and go through only at the top of the hour.  We also discovered how cold it is at 7,000 feet.  Lemon Cove at 500 feet is 88 degrees, Sequoia is 53 degrees.  Tom had only shorts and a tee on.  I had on shorts and a jacket.  Instead of the hike to General Sherman, the 275 foot 2200-year-old Sequoia we drove and walked the very short walk to the tree.  By car we checked out two more areas - Lodgepole and Stoney Creek, made reservations to stay the next night in the park and made the three hour trip back through the park and to Lemon Cove.