April 10 Yosemite

Waterfall in the background..this one is huge

Bottom of the waterfall.

The "Dome"

View driving out of the valley

Water pipeline

April 10, Yosimite

Driving thru the mountains to the valley floor

Looking down to the valley floor

Waterfall

Valley floor

Mountains all around, valley floor is still around 2000 ft.

Another waterfall

April 5,6 Trip to Sequoia National Park

We left Orange Grove Rv and headed to country manor rv in Visalia,CA. We used this as a jump off point to the Sequoia National Park. Hilites ... the drive to the park was a  steady climb thru switcbacks up to 7000 feet. Most notable was all the greenery around and different cloroured blooms ..lots of lavender and yellows..orange groves and nut farms (almonds) at the foothills . The air is thin at the top as well as cold.The trees were magnificent.When we got to the top the clouds moved in and gave us the feeling of fog.There are two trees to mention .. the general sherman tree, its the largest and the general grant tree , its the tallest. Besides these trees there are other giant sequoias , just not as big . Enjoy the pics. Next stop is Yosemite National Park.

Sequoia National Park

Entering sequoia national park.. we have to climb to 7000 ft.

The old road is under the rock

Snow peak in the background

Looking back at the climb.. we are not at the top yet.

Above the clouds

more sequoias

Climbed a giant rock formation

This pic shows the ascent to the top of the dome

Looking down at Bonnie .. she is past the halfway mark.. picture was taken close to the top.Notice the cloud around Bonnie.

At the top over looking the mountain peaks... the clouds are forming around the top.

more sequoias.. sherman

Ivon in front of general sherman

Standing on the foot print of general sherman

More pics of sequoias

Giant sequoias... smaller than the largest one 

giant sequoia that fell years ago

This is the inside of the sequoia

This is the general grant tree.. its the tallest.. general sherman tree is the biggest .

Overlooking the valley coming down off the mountain

This is not fog.. we are driving thru the cloud coming down off the top of the mountain.. we are over 7000 ft.