Brian & Anne's Excellent Adventure
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Hiking through Kings Canyon National Park - July 2004
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- Resting on Baldy Mountain, where erosion has removed large patches of vegetation at the top of the mountain
- A pretty place to stop along trail to Baldy Mountain
- Stopping to rest along the 9.6 mile trail to Mist Falls, the most popular trail in Kings Canyon.
- Scenery along the trail to Baldy Mountain
- Back at camp, grilling salmon, corn-on-cobb, and vegetables
- Back at camp, studying tomorrow's hiking route
- At camp, picking up after dinner
- The Fallen Monarch tree protected 32 horses during a deadly storm nearly 100 years ago
- Typical fire damage to a redwood tree carved out a teepee, but the tree still thrives
- At the fire tower (via the Park Ridge Trail)
- Leaning over the edge of the fire tower
- Brian climbing up the fire tower
- Checking the GPS on the fire tower
- Nice view from the fire tower
- Along the trail to the fire tower
- Stopping by some bright reddish-orange wildflowers on the Park Ridge Trail
- Lots of colorful wildflowers, all above 7,000 ft. elevation.
- Flowers in a redwood forest
- Brian inside a giant sequoia tree
- A cluster of tall redwoods at Grant Grove
- Historic Gamlin Cabin at General Grant Park
- Hiding inside a sequoia tree
- An unusually bright green meadow in the woods along Park Ridge Trail
- Another view of Kings Canyon
- Roaring rapids on the way to Mist Falls
- Bamboo-like grass found along the trail to Mist Falls
- Stopping to rest along the Mist Falls Trail
- Natural rock water slide along the Mist Falls Trail
- Rattlesnake on the trail to Mist Falls
- Other wildlife commonly found at Kings Canyon
- Finally made it to Mist Falls!
- Climbing Moro Rock
- Still climbing Moro Rock
- Getting near the top of Moro Rock
- Finally made it to the top of Moro Rock!
- Panoramic view from the top of Moro Rock
- More views from Moro Rock
- Trees grow out of rock on the trail to Panoramic Point
- Continuing on past Panoramic Point along the Park Ridge Trail
- More scenery along the Park Ridge Trail
- Giant sequoia pinecones are often 1 ½ feet long!
- More giant pinecones. Careful, they're really sticky (sap).
- A bridge on the Red Canyon Trail
- Unlikely you would live through these rapids
- Climbing up the banks of Kings River
- Roaring Falls gets its name from the constant roar of water gushing through a narrowing in the rocks
- The hike to Sequoia Lake is well worth the tranquil scenery
- Brian stands in front of a tall Redwood tree
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