Our Retirement Trip

We had a lovely time at Salt Point State Park on the Sonoma Coast from June 19-24.  We visited Fort Ross, a Russian settlement north of San Francisco, then spent the rest of the time enjoying the bluffs and tide pools at Salt Point. Photos from Salt Point State Park Fort Ross More photos at Salt Point and the Sonoma Coast

We had a wonderful stay at Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.  We arrived at Azalea Campground in Kings Canyon on June 9.  We weren’t able to drive into Kings Canyon because the road was closed due to damage from the severe winter storms.  We spent most of our time exploring the giant sequoia groves.  I find these trees amazing.  You are walking in a normal forest and you come across these trees with massive trunks rising 250’ to 300’ into the sky. Pictures from Grant Grove Photos from Big Stump Trail, an area where many of the sequoias were logged in the late 1800’s.  We are standing on the stump of the Mark Twain tree which was cut down in 1891.  Cross sections of the tree were sent to the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the British Museum in London. Photos from our hike to Tokopah Falls in Sequoia National Park Photos of our hike on the Congress Trail in the Giant Forest at Sequoia National Park Photos for our first hike up Moro Rock. Photos from our hike at