California - Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs

In mid-June, I took a trip to California to visit my best friend from high school, Dana. We spent four days exploring Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. I could go on and on with details about our amazing trip, but to keep it on the short side, I'll just stick to some of the highlights:

Exploring Grant Grove in the evening. (Photo credit: Dana Vancisin)

Hiking the to alpine lakes via the Watchtower trail. (Photo credit: Dana Vancisin)

Pear Lake.

Evidence of past fires was abundant; many trees had huge fire scars running up their trunks.

Giant Sequoia. (Photo credit: Dana Vancisin)

Kings Canyon National Park: Kings River. 

Kings Canyon is one of the deepest canyons in the US. While the depth of the Grand Canyon is over 6,000 ft, Kings Canyon is over 8,000 ft deep.

We saw several bears, including this mama bear who was watching her cubs. (Photo credit: Dana Vancisin)