Sequoia Day 1

We pulled out of our driveway at 6:00 am and arrived at the Wuksachi Lodge at 12:15 pm. From Visalia, we took 198 into the park to enter the park from the south, through the Foothills Entrance. Our room is 111 in the Stewart Building, our favorite.

We stopped at Santa Clarita for breakfast - 30 minutes. Also stopped for gas at Exeter, just outside of Visalia, and at the Foothills Visitor Center for 30 minutes. Weather was cool, dry, some sun some clouds, all the way.

Cathy - Sentinel Tree

After lunch at the Wuksachi, we drove to Giant Forest and the Sentinel Tree and then walked around the Round Meadow Trail. The sky was completely overcast and that's the best lighting for photographing Giant Sequoia trees. Took lots of photos. Drove to Lodgepole but Visitor Center closes at 4:30 so we missed talking to a ranger. Back to the Wuksachi.

Dinner reservations at 6:15. Very cold by then. We wore winter coats and were glad to have them. WiFi in the rooms is so slow that it doesn't really work so we tried it in the lobby but it was no faster there.

Cathy - Round Meadow