Sequoia

This really was a great trip.  I hadn’t even looked through the pictures until I started putting this together and, honestly, it’s fun to look back on it after the passage of a bit of time.  I’ve forgotten the times when the kids might have been rambunctious or whiny, and the tinge of sadness of this being our pre-deployment trip no longer colors my view.


 
The further we drove, the more impressive the mountain views became.

Then we caught our first glimpse of the sequoia giants.

  
At the campsite, the kids tried their hand at some rock-fishing, and Jake and I laughed at how our vehicle looked like it belonged in a Toyota ad.

Waking up the next morning, I loved the sunlight through the trees.

              
A taste of what’s to come.  Note the visitor center behind the tree in the first photo; it gives you a bit of perspective.