Road Trip!

Good morning.
We've just returned from a week long trip.
This one took us mainly to Sequoia, Yosemite, and Death Valley National Parks.
We were scheduled to leave on a Monday morning, but realized we would be leaving right around the time the 350,000 people were leaving the EDC. (Electric Daisy Carnival)
The EDC is a yearly event out at the Vegas Motor Speedway. It's a gigantic Electrical carnival. Runs for 3 days, or should I say nights. From 7pm to 5am. And Sunday night was the last 'day'. So we wanted to avoid the traffic heading out of town and back to LA. So, we left on Sunday, and to avoid the normal weekend traffic that heads back to LA on Sunday, we went to Laughlin NV, which was kinda on the way. and they have cheap rooms.   :-)
We sat on a patio with drinks overlooking the river. A very nice start to our trip.
Next day took us to Bakersfield CA. About a 5 hr drive. Stayed here so we wouldn't be at the first park too early the next morning. Had dinner at Hooters. The best wings!
So that takes us to Tuesday morning and a nearly 2 hr drive to Sequoia National Park. We had planned this trip near the end of May so school would still be in and the parks wouldn't be so busy. What we didn't bank on was how cold the spring has been and all the snow the parks were still getting.

This was suppose to be a really good view, except we had a ton of low clouds.....
But we did see the main reason for coming here.....

Giant Sequoias! Look close! I'm in front of the trunk on the right side of the tree. From what we read, the largest tree is 40 feet across! And 1700 years old!

These trees are enormous!

It was such an experience seeing these massive living things!

It was a mixture of rain/snow the entire day. Highs only in the low 40's. We left the park and headed to Fresno, where we ate at an Applebee's and spent the night.  We split a Riblit platter, Chicken tender platter And onion rings. And no, we're not eating anything very healthy on this trip.   :-)
The next morning, we see Yosemite.
I'll do that post tomorrow.