Over the weekend, we drove 4.5 hours southeast to Sequoia National Park to enjoy the wilderness. Sequoia National Park, which borders Kings Canyon National Park, is known for its meadows, wildlife, and, of course, the gargantuan Sequoia trees. We arrived on Saturday afternoon, but Celia and Sean had been there since Friday night. It was a "Welcome to California" camping trip for Sean; he has officially moved here. After we set up camp, we cooked dinner (Mmmmmm...hotdogs) under the starry sky illuminated by the full moon. That is when we had our first unwanted "visitor"--a coyote stopped in to see if we had any leftover S'mores. 
After an attempt at sleeping, we awoke to a chilly but beautiful morning. We drove towards Moro Rock, our first trail of the day, and came across another "visitor", a black bear. He walked straight towards our car and veered off onto the shoulder. Sean got a few great photos of him. After the road was clear we were able to climb Moro Rock.
Throughout the remainder of the weekend we saw General Sherman's Tree, Tharp Log,
Tunnel Log, General Grant's Tree (the nation's Christmas tree), and Panoramic Point (views of Kings Canyon--the forest version of the Grand Canyon, and deeper than it in some areas).
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