MAY 25-26 (Murietta, CA to Visalia, CA)
After months of planning and discussion, we were finally ready to begin our much dreamed about trip up the coast of California, Washington and Oregon. We picked up our newly repaired motor home in Murietta, California and headed out directly from there. We decided not to hook up our tow vehicle to the rv in order to make it easier to traverse the LA basin. Steve drove the motorhome and I ran interference behind him to help him change lanes and merge into traffic as we made our way.
There just isn't any good way to get around congestion in the Los Angeles area. But we chose a route up the 210 freeway through Pasadena and connected with interstate 5 north of the greater LA area. Overall, it went smoothly. Once we were through the worst of it, we pulled into a truck stop and hooked the car to the rv. We stayed at a KOA park just outside of Visalia, California the first night out. The next day we drove up to Sequoia National Park. The weather was great and the drive was beautiful up the windy roads to 7,000 feet. These massive, ancient Sequoias grow only on the western slopes of the sierras between 5,000 to 7,000 feet. The oldest trees are 3,000 years old. One cannot really grasp their enormity and majesty from looking at a photograph (but here's one of Steve by the Sentinel tree and one the General Sherman tree). The tree is over 250 feet tall and by mass is the largest tree standing. This was only the second weekend the entire park was opened after the winter season. There was still snow visible on many of the rock formations in the park. We were in the park very early and by early afternoon, there were lots of people and traffic. As we left the park, we could see that the line of cars to enter was at least 1/2 mile long. Guess the summer travel season has begun. It was still a really nice day. We stayed one more night in Visalia.
MAY 27 (Visalia, CA to Corning, CA)
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