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Thursday July 21, 2005 Kings Canyon Natl Park
Today we headed into Kings Canyon Park, which is a separate park from Sequoia, but they are run as one. Mike did NOT want to drive the twisty road again to get to the Kings portion of the park, so he took a “shortcut” back road that he thought “didn’t look that twisty on the map”. Of course it was twisty, how else can you get around a canyon?

So we entered through the Big Stump entrance, and proceeded to the Grant Grove Visitor Center and village. Located here is the General Grant Tree, measuring 267.4 feet tall and 107.6 feet around, it is the earth's second-largest tree. We purchased the trial guide for $1.00, and walked the short loop learning about the habitat of the sequoia trees. On the trail is a fallen monach tree, in which the calvary used to stable their horses in the 1890's when they used to guard the park. Others of the trees are named after states, for various reasons.