Our rental in Three Rivers
Backyard is the Kaweah River
Checking out the river
Dipping in the toes
Chilly but nice
Happy to be out of the car
Sunset approaches
Bright red and purple
Cleaning up the shoreline
Freshly opened
Back of the rental
Light fading as the sun drops
Smoothing the flow
Splish splash
Over the rocks
Paul Bunyan, carved from a 2000 year old sequoia
Ready to assist
Checking out the brewery
Took a wrong turn
Sneaking in before last call for food
Heading into the park and catching a glimpse of Alta Peak
Entering the second oldest National Park
Browsing on the grill grate
Hitting the trail
Small meadows here and there
Lots of conifers
Dappled shadows
Snow!
A quick sit
Up at Panther Gap
Panther Gap panorama
Clouds creeping in
Snow capped Sierras
First marmot sighting!
Curious but wary
Trees starting to get a little sparser
Refilling on the go
Marmot on alert
Tucked away
Into the mist as we approach the peak
Foxtail pines
Twisted and barkless
Bright yellow growth
High elevation pines
Split
Up close texture
Mist swallowing up the view
Another marmot
Pondering the imponderable
Blue sky again
Returning to Panther Gap
Hollowed but alive sequoia
Trapped inside the sequoia
Skylight view inside the tree
Burned and empty but alive
Moro Rock
Stacy and Mitch, our guide for the day
In front of Moro Rock
Dogwood in bloom
Sequoias inside of Giant Forest
Under the tunnel log
Checking for vanilla scents
Breathing in the aroma
Tree hugger
Back at the house in the calm of the early evening
Fresh melt
Dusk approaches
Night on the river
Candy shop right next door
The approach to Moro Rock
Clear skies on Tuesday
Up on Moro Rock
Looking down the Kaweah River valley
Zig zag road up
Looking up the watershed
Hummingbird about to feast
Drinking up
It's lonely at the top
Crescent Meadow
Inside Tharp's log
A very fine log
Deer in the meadow
Nibbling on the shoots
Checking for danger
Ears down
Ears up
Tongue out
Getting ready to move on
Last look
Burn scar on the right
A big stump
Sequoias everywhere
The Sherman tree
It's big all right
Bear sighting
Into the shadows
Ooh, a log!
Hopping over
Sauntering to the next stop
Sherman tree, surrounded by tiny trees
Biggest tree known to humanity
Lots of burn scars on healthy trees
Woodpecker snacking
Chipmunk or ground squirrel
I call this one the Trump Tree
Fallen and shattered
By an uprooted tree
Burned out but still going
Another cluster of sequoias
Hanging with the President
Heading into the Senate
Less bickering than the real Senate
The House group
McKinley Tree
A viewpoint on our way to the lodge
The John Muir Lodge in Kings Canyon
Monarch Log in the Grant Grove
Peaking out from the log
Down at the narrow end
Head clearance is still OK
Gamlin Cabin
Another woodpecker looking to snack
The Grant Tree - the widest sequoia
Grant Tree
Burn scar, slowly closing back up
Hume Lake as seen from Panorama Point
Panorama Point panorama
Burned area in the National Forest section
Charred stumps
Momentary rest
Our lunch stump
Crawling over the bloom
Lizard in the sun
Tiny flowers
Pollination at work
Picking up more pollen
A bear's fondest dream - abandoned picnics
Hume Lake
Mama duck
A bunch of ducklings
Foraging together
Purple belly
In full bloom
Still opening up
More flowers at the shoreline
Closed at the moment
Hume Lake dam
Don't get sucked into the dam
Reading break
Dipping in our toes
Gravity-fed gas pumps
Our primo campsite
Meadow on the other side
Kings River
North side of Kings Canyon
Dinner prep gets underway
Foraged firewood
Enjoying the quiet
After dark
By the river bank at night
Bats!
Our tiny sandy beach
About to cross the river
Zumwalt Meadows trailhead
Steller's jay with a snack
Now empty-beaked
Green water and green meadow
Zumwalt Meadow
Maple seeds
Extra green water under the bridge
Lupine
Reeds in the shade
Heading up the valley
Casual lean
Burst of yellow
Mist Falls
Sloping falls
Continuing upstream
Blue, gray, and green
Another view of the main falls
Robin thinking about a swim
Tiny oak
Hardly a cloud in the sky
Our turnaround and lunch spot
Looking south
Winding its way down the slope
First thistle of the hike
It's a little misty
Looking downstream
On a granite dome
A nice spot to pause
Small side chute
Relaxing the toes
Chard for dinner
Finishing the chard creation
View of one viewpoint from the other
The forks converge
Larger panorama
A quick hike to a big stump
In bloom
A sliver of charcoal
Big stump, formerly the Mark Twain tree
A big stump, but not the Big Stump
Another shattered sequoia
This one's intact
Upper part of the canopy
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