The battery alarm started shrieking just after midnight when the batteries failed! They didn’t last long tonight. With our hearts pounding we both took a long time to get back to sleep. But in the morning we awoke, and I started up the generator and moments later we had the camper cozy and warm. Today is our final day of touring. Tonight’s destination is the KOA in Visalia CA a chance to clean everything with a full hookup. No batteries required! Tomorrow is a 5 hour drive to Indio, we are looking forward to arriving there and reconnecting.

We reserved our site for an extra day so we could take our time driving and checking out the sites in Sequoia. The KOA is a pretty short drive once we leave. Again we descended with three main stops in mind. Hanging Rock, Moro Rock, and the General Sherman Sequoia.

Our first stop was Hanging Rock which gave us a great view of Moro Rock!

Moro Rock is pretty accessible its a climb of about 300 stairs to get to the top where you have incredible views of the valley. Unfortunately the air quality tends to be pretty bad, due to smog from the bay area getting sucked in.

We had noticed a lot of helicopter activity, and thought maybe they were doing some rescue training, but one of the other hikers said that it was actually linemen that they were dropping in to do some electrical work! yes, there is a person dangling below that helicopter!

Here is Jane driving the truck through the Tunnel Log!

And finally, the largest tree in the world! 22 stories high and 36 feet in diameter. Pictures really do not do justice to how awe inspiring