Sequoia Camping

 This September we decided to switch it up a bit and instead of going beach camping like we normally do, we went with a group of friends to Kings Canyon, Sequoia National Park.
This was our first big road trip since having Kruz.  We surprisingly fit all our camping gear in our small Mazda 3. There's no way we could have fit one more person in there.  This is how we roll...

 Kailah hadn't been camping for 2 minutes and she already looked like a cave woman baby!

 There were a lot of bugs where we camped and because Kruz was so new I didn't want him exposed to all their nasty bites so he hung out in the tent most the time.  We broiught his little bouncer for him to sleep on.

 On the second day there it started to rain.  Apparently it is quite common in this neck of the woods to have a rain storm at least once a day.  Luckily, our friends the Bushman's brought a big canopy so we all piled in there in the morning til the rain passed. It was quite the experience and really cool to see the storm come in through all the trees. It seemed straight out of a movie.

 That afternoon we went on a hike to a small waterfall and a big open meadow.

 2 Nights was not nearly long enough to really explore the park.  On the day we were driving home we spent the afternoon down by the really big big trees and saw the "Biggest Tree in The World", General Sherman.

We had such a great time and hope to go back again next year for a bit longer and in a different area of the park.
...Oh yeah, and there were lots and lots of Bears there!  I never saw one (thank heavens!) but we had to keep all our food in a bear box anytime we weren't eating.  We even had to put the car seats in there too, since bears sometimes smell food from car seats and may break into your car to get to it.  So SCARY!  I didn't sleep at all the first night!