We left Vegas and drove through Death Valley where the temperature reached 113 degrees (45C).

We saw some sand dunes:

And some funny looking trees:

We camped the night at Three Rivers. The ground was so hard we couldnt get our pegs in, so our tent was a little saggy.

Here’s me cooking dinner:

We were told there was a bear in the campsite the previous night, so we armed ourselves with our walking sticks and bear spray in the tent. At the first sign on noise (possibly Mike snoring) I decided it was safer in the car. For six hours I was on bear watch and Mike didnt even notice I had left the tent!

You may think I’m paranoid but we did see some bear footprints outside our tent the next morning!

The next day we drove through Sequoia NP where we saw a big tree. It was impressive, but not impressive enough to walk all the way to the bottom in the heat.

The drive through Kings Canyon was very windy with sheer drops down the side.

We got lots of pictures of the canyon but they just didnt come out very well.

But we saw a pretty blue bird

There were lots of nice campsites in Kings Canyon, but they all warned about active bears. They provide you with a metal box, and it is law to store all your food, toiletries and anything with a smell in these boxes. If you dont, then the bear is likely to break into your car and steal your stuff. We decided to stay in a motel.