Sequoia National Park
August 2004 The park is south of Yosemite and West of Death Valley. We were pleased to discover that there were very few visitors at the park.
   

Smoke in the Central Valley
No worries...Casa de Fruta is on the way!
Giant Sequoia
At the park
Trunks
Fire assists the trees in seed dispersal
You can get an idea of scale here
Vista point
Cool fungi
Sign along the road
Our room at Wuksachi Village
Joe with deer
Honey Bee
Hiking up to Tokopah falls
Hike
The falls were kind of dry this time of year
Rocks
Joe with rocks
Lots of lizards along the trail
Pool at the base of the falls
Refreshing wade after the hike up
Followed by a refreshing nap
Wuh? Zssshh?
In the woods
Crescent meadow
This trail leads you along the top of this fallen tree
Sequoia across Crescent meadow
More big trees
Joe's cabin
We saw a BEAR! Fuzzy pic because he/she was about 50yds away
Bear butt
Sunset
General Sherman, the largest living tree
Gen. Sherman's top
In the Giant Forest
Joe along the Congress trail, with The Senate
Roots
Joe with the Sierra foothills beyond