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I posted some photos of Sequoia and Kings Canyon (click on the link or go through the Photos tab up top). Some were already posted in the last two blog entries. I can’t tell if any of them are any good — I’ll give it a month. Enjoy maybe. bkd

Apr 14th, 2009 | Filed under Travel

They refer to each separately, but only give you one map, thus obfuscating the truth, which is their way. Went to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park or Parks over the weekend — left Thursday, came back Saturday. Camped for a couple nights. Hiked a little bit, took pictures of trees (see previous post), drove [...]

Apr 13th, 2009 | Filed under Hiking, Travel

To wit:   General Sherman, the “largest living thing on earth”. There are people at the foot of the tree, for comparison, some of whom were relatively large — I assumed they were from the midwest.   As clearly demonstrated above, General Grant is barely three inches wide. Beyond just the generals, a lot of [...]

Apr 12th, 2009 | Filed under Travel

It’s not so much a “poor man’s Lake Tahoe” as it is the Lake Tahoe of a man who doesn’t want to drive all the way to, well, Lake Tahoe. For being within 2.5 hours of Orange County, the Big Bear/Lake Arrowhead area is pretty nice. If I get ambitious and bored — happens often [...]

Oct 14th, 2008 | Filed under Hiking, Travel

Went camping at Big Bear Lake over the weekend, at the Serrano Campground to be more precise.  The Bad: The people at the site next to mine had come from the ghetto and brought their booze with them. They were loud and went way out of their way to reinforce negative stereotypes. It’s amazing how [...]

Oct 13th, 2008 | Filed under Travel