We reached Bakersfield Friday after about 11 hours of driving and stopping, the trip was supposed to only take 6 hours. For those of you who know my husband, this was a new concept for him. He gets in the car and would drive for 10 hours straight if we didn't need gas.
We stopped for fresh fruit, big trees, even bigger trees, a picnic in Sequoia National Park and to see the General Sherman tree. The ride down the moutain was a series of switchbacks, it took a hour to go 25 miles, but the views were unbelievable.
Italians are very big about sitting at the table to eat each meal, wether breakfast, lunch or dinner. We set the table, arranges the food and prepared to eat. This was our last meal at our Airbnb in Lafayette, outside San Francisco. Notice the Jif. Jim introduced the girls to peanut butter when he was 10 and they were 12. They all love it, so we had peanut butter on the table for dinner each night.
Rock grafitti in Sequoia National Forest
Giant Sequoias
Jim and Emanuela
Notice Eugenia and Gianni at the bottom of this Giant Sequoia. This was one of our many stops.
This is a panoramic of the base of General Sherman tree.
This is fire damage at the bottom of one of the Twins. It will survive if it can heal enough before another fire, hopefully there won't be anymore.
I think this one is General Sherman. There were so many big trees, we had a hard time figuring out which one it was, until we saw the sign!
This is what you do when you are tired and waiting on the shuttle.
We left Bakerfield Saturday moring and headed to Las Vegas via Death Valley, but that is for another installment. I am needing coffee.
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