We got up in darkness and hit the road. From Yosemite we headed through
winding mountain roads to Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada,
home of the mighty Sequoia trees and more famously, the one they call General
Sherman, the world’s biggest tree.
Knowing we still had several hours of driving to reach Las Vegas, we left
General Sherman in Sega Rally style only to find that road works would mean we
could not leave Sequoia National Park for another hour. **Our feelings of
frustration did not last long because heading back towards General Sherman a
mummy black bear and her two babies ran across the road in front of us… AWWW!
On the other side of the road works we saw another two bears. One was perched
on a bush like a bird, silly bears!
Just to give you an idea of the rapid and dramatic changes in America’s amazing
terrain – at General Sherman we were at an elevation of over 7000 feet at a
temp of five degrees.Three hours later when we drove into Vegas we were at 2000
feet and 26 degrees.
Goodbye to the beautiful scenery of the US. Hello Sin City, punish us
gently - please!
**The boys would like to advise they do not condone the wording of the remainder
of this paragraph.
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