I'm currently on a ridiculously large sleigh bed feeling like the princess and the pea as the mattress on it is h-u-g-e. Even by American standards, this bed is epic.
Mat and I are now in Mariposa just outside Yosemite National Park having got lost in getting here. The building we are in looks beautiful but it was so dark when we eventually found it, I could only see the outline. Exaggeration, but you get the picture! By our own standards of epic fails this one was a peach involving missing addresses, dead batteries & begging for wifi passwords!
Our stay in Sequioa was magnificent although by the end of it, I literally could not see the wood for the trees given the immense size of them! I knew they were big but they are so enormous & so vast in scale, at times they almost don't look real. They are like the Lord of the Rings tree people (Ents?) come to life. The biggest tree in the world General Sherman being top boy.
A 2mile 'Congress Trail' hike was worth doing to see General Sherman's equally impressive tree mates but possibly not after an 11hr flight. I was knackered!
Fatigued & jet lagged, that evening's meal was demolished & I got to learn the difference between an American biscuit (soft & savoury) & a UK one (hard & sweet).
Today (Tues), we got to see a bear (!!!!) on the side of the road munching away on some acorns. En route to Crystal Cave, Mat & I were both so shocked we didn't take a photo of it! We then spent most of today looking out for another one at Kings Canyon but not finding any and strictly following advice on putting foods in bear lockers to stop them getting at them. Having had lunch prepared from the best deli in town, you could smell this a mile away! Alas, all we saw was yet more chipmunks.
Final highlight of the day was Crystal Cave's hipster guide & the coolest cave naturalist, Miles. There's not many folk who can make a caving system tour sound very interesting & be a little philosophical at the same time but he did. Miles, I salute you & your awesome beard!
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