From Delano, CA we headed back north toward Visalia and then east toward Sequoia National Park.
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| The last leg was long and it winded up the mountain. |
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| A vista point along the road. |
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| It was about two and a half hours from Delano to the Giant Forest. |
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| The sequoia trees are massive. |
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| The Sentinel |
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| The biggest tree in the world - the General Sherman. |
The sequoia trees were pretty incredible. The redwoods are taller and pretty thick themselves but the the sequoias are just more massive overall. I'm glad we saw them after the redwoods because they are so much bigger but each has its unique characteristics other than size. The redwood forest seemed more magical, like a fairy tale land. It was dense with sunlight streaming down from above whereas the sequoias were further apart with less trees in between. It's amazing how they've survived thousands of years.
We left Sequoia and headed back down the mountain. We had about five hours to drive to get to Torrance. We passed lots of orchards and oil rigs heading to Bakersfield. I had no idea how much oil was produced there. The outside temperature was 105 degrees, too. We stopped at a Vietnamese/Korean place for dinner in Bakersfield. I was craving some Korean food!
We made sure we got into the LA metro area after 7 because traffic is usually a nightmare. We got to Torrance around 10:30ish. Roy's sister and brother-in-law live there. His dad and niece flew in from PA a couple days prior and were there as well. The plan was to hang out in Torrance for a couple days and then we'd all leave for our final destination, Las Vegas!
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