Sunday’s adventures revolved around big things.  Really big trees, located in the Sequoia National Forest and really big mountains in Kings Canyon.  And on our way out to the parks we stopped in Visalia, a small town known for it’s giant murals.

We couldn’t find a map that told us where they all were so we wandered the town and found a few of them.

Then we headed up into the mountains to find the trees for ourselves.  It was a beautiful trip through farmland filled with orange groves and grapefruit trees and miles and miles of grapes.

But I digress.  I’m sure what you really want to see are the trees – yes?  You won’t be disappointed.

Aren’t they magnificent?  There were lots of them, each beautiful.  I wish I could live in a small house out in the middle of these trees.   I loved them all.

I also wish I could show them all to you, but there were so many.  You just have to add this park to your list of places to visit.  After we toured the giant trees we headed over to the park right next door called Kings Canyon.  The mountains were awe inspiring.  Everywhere you looked was something stunningly beautiful.

We were lucky too that the parks were open for free this weekend in honor of Veteran’s Day.  Can you believe it?  All this splendor and no entrance fee!

I told my husband this was better than visiting Disney World.  I could have stayed taking photos all day.

The good news is we stayed at a lodge right in the park Sunday night, so Monday we’ll get to explore some more.  It’s all just amazing.  I can’t wait to show you!