Kings Canyon National Park (19 items)

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Visit to the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park with my parents (day 2). Kings Canyon can't quite keep up with Sequoia when it comes to trees but it makes up for it with spectacular mountains and a few--we Swiss would probably append our famous "-li" diminutive--waterfalls.

  • Highway 245 leads through huge orchards. Apparently, this is where the rest of California gets their fruits and vegetables from. :-)
  • Grant Grove Visitor Center. There's a visitor information center, a lodge, a small grocery store, a restaurant, a post office, and--most important of all--a gift shop that sells wooden souvenirs made from wood grown outside the park.
  • View of the Sequoia National Forest from highway 180, which is the road that goes from the park entrance to Roads End.
  • Highway 180
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  • The (second) entrance to Kings Canyon National Park. The main road goes right through the Western tip of the park and enters it later again.
  • These warnings must be taken very seriously given that ...
  • ... there are blustery rivers like this one!
  • Because it was so beautiful, one more time. Pay attention to the [local:/gallery/2006/09/10/10 sign in the back].
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  • Right: The dream of every squirrel. Left: The dream of every person who needs an effective way to keep the flies from landing on their face.
  • The official bridge over the creek.
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  • The unofficial bridge over the creek.
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  • Mist Falls, about 4.5 miles away from Roads End.