OUR FAMILY HAS CAMPED HERE SEVERAL TIMES. I REMEMBER GOING TO THE LARGEST TREE IN THE WORLD, THE GENERAL SHERMAN SEQUOIA AND SEEING UP CLOSE A BLACK BEAR AND HER TWO CUBS. LUCKILY NONE OF US WERE APPROACHED BY THE BEARS. THIS TREE IS 275 FEET HIGH! WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS OF THE BEARS AND GROVE OF SEQUOIAS HOWEVER. THE PARK ALSO HAS AN UNUSUAL DIVERSITY OF CLIMATES, SO IT IS GOOD TO CHECK FOR A MAP OF THE PARK AND HIKE WHERE YOU WILL FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE.
THE PARK ALSO IS HOME TO THE ERLUSIVE BIGHORN SHEEP AND HAS MANY TRAILS ALONG STEEP GRANITE ESCARPMENTS. SOME DROP 1000' AND IF YOU ARE DARING ENOUGH YOU CAN GO THE TOP OF SOME ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THE PARK HAS BIOLOGISTS WHO COMPLETE SURVEYS OF THE EXOTIC PLANTS AND SOME PATHOGENS AS WELL AS STUDY OTHER ANIMAL BEHAVIOR.
OTHERS SURVEY THE PARK FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF NATIVE PLANTS AND RECORD THEIR SPECIES. I REMEMBER GOING TO A CAMPGROUND WHERE WE STAYED OVERNIGHT AND THEN RODE OUR BIKES THE NEXT DAY ON THE ROAD WHICH HAD FEW CARS TO A WATERFALL. OUR SON WAS A YOUNGSTER THEN AND ENJOYED GOING CAMPING.
THIS PARK IS LOCATED EAST OF FRESNO AND THERE ARE MANY LARGE FARMS THAT SELL THEIR PRODUCE TO TOURISTS ON THE ROADS BACK TO SONOMA COUNTY.
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