We woke up to a hazy morning thanks to the Ferguson Fire.  Visibility was about 3 miles, so I decided not to fly:

It was exciting to wake up at Sequoia Field, an airport rich in history:

The airport is adjacent to a prison, so we checked in with the Sherrif’s department to let them know we would be here.  We didn’t realize they use this hanger to store vehicles and equipment, so we awoke at dawn to vehicles moving in and out of the door we almost blocked:

We left the RV at the airport and drove up to Sequoia National Park.  There was a bit of a line to get in:

We checked out the visitor center:

Somehow I ended up with the cat:

Looking down at the steep and winding road we came up:

Waiting for road construction:

Our first stop was the Moro Rock trailhead:

The last time I was here I was a bit younger:

At least they upgraded the sign:

Up we go:

Looking down at the road we came up:

Thanks to the fire, the views are poor:

The sign shows what we should be seeing:

 

M looks out:

We checked out the big trees that made the park famous.  The Giant Sequoia is the largest living organism by volume on Earth:

We visited the General Sherman tree, the largest living organism on Earth.  It is 274 feet high, has a volume of over 52,000 cubic feet, and is estimated to weigh over 2.4 million pounds:

We next visited the visitor center at Kings Canyon National Park:

The visibility is so poor we decided not to drive down into Kings Canyon, so we headed back to the RV:

Our neighbors for the evening: