Fleming Family Happenings: Camping in Sequoia National Park

We just returned from a wonderfully adventurous camping trip in Sequoia National Park. What a wonderful experience for all of us. We love camping! This time we were able to have Mom and Dad Scott join us. We were able to see so many beautiful things...bears, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, giant trees, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, deer, caves, etc.

In the Sequoias it is manditory to use bear boxes for all your food and anything that has a smell...our entire van had to fit into a box. J/K. All the car seats, food, toothpaste, deoderant, chapstick, lotion, wrappers, gum...really our car should have gone in. We were able to evade a bear intruder, but others at the camp ground were not as lucky (or i guess you could say as smart). Someone left all kinds of food items in their car and a bear broke into it. It's so sad that people who come into bear country can't be responsible and do their part, they end up ruining a bear for their laziness. It was a lot of work, but worth it.

Since we had two families, we got two camp sites and had two bear boxes...we used them both. I'm including a picture of the camp sites. It was a great camp ground. Off the beaten path, very quite, right by a river. Dad was able to filter river water for us to drink. Awesome!

Some of the things we were able to see were: Crystal Cave (WOW!), General Sherman Tree (Largest Tree in the World, most wood mass), General Grant Tree (3rd tallest tree in the world), Grizzly Falls (Beautiful!!), Tunnel Rock, some of the largest groupings of Sequoia Trees, a movie about Bears, amazing mountains and valleys, Bears, so many of God's wonderous works of art!

This is a picture from Crystal Cave, I was getting a picture of the crystal formation, but now I see a person in the formation. Wierd/Cool! Next is a picture of the boys and Grampa on a fallen branch from the General Sherman Tree...a BRANCH!!! Does that give you an idea of how massive these trees are? Dang!

This is the family in front of the General Grant Tree. I wish the picture could do justice for as huge as this tree is. General Grant also named it the National Christmas Tree in the early 1900s. Next is a picture of the 3 older boys climbing next to Grizzly Falls. Do you think they are excited?

And now we have Logan Chees'in it up with Grampa! This really is how he looks when he says, "Cheese".

Here's the boys enjoying the scenery while viewing from the van.

It's as if the boys are floating while viewing this beautiful canyon where two rivers meet in Kings Canyon National Park.

This is where you get to drive through two Sequioas on each side of the road also going both directions. It reminds you how small you really are in the scheme of things.