"I can't believe you've been coming to the Sierra most of your life and you've never been here"!
That was Jill's comment to me. My weak explanation was that during all those years of hardcore wall-man, I was always approaching from the north. High school, working on the Oregon coast, even in the military, I was coming from the north and Yosemite always came first. Heck, they didn't have an El Capitan or Half Dome here anyway!

Sometimes it's not about the climbing though. Sometimes it's about the exploration, the pure looking through new eyes.

I was finally entering Kings Canyon, another crown jewel of California.










Yep, they've got some big ass trees there, as foretold in the legends.



Right away we saw the General Grant tree, the 3rd largest living organism on planet Earth. Although, you just can't appreciate the scale of the thing without standing in front of it, kinda like El Cap.











Did I mention they've got some big ass stone there too?






I was right. No El Cap or Half Dome, but that doesn't mean I didn't have my little mind blown....again.





Yep, they got 'em some nice little waters there too.

















The kids couldn't stay out of some of the quiet spots.













































Back soon with more pix, for anyone that's interested!