Friday, July 24, 2009

Being on top of the World


I have had an adventurous week or so. Last week, I traveled to California with Kiera to visit her sister who lives in Fresno. It was an absolute blast. While there, we went camping and hiking in two different national parks. The thing that was so great about our hiking and camping is that I had never seen such amazing landscapes before. The mountains, the water, the trees--everything was HUGE and beautiful.
On our second to last day, we hiked up a mountain; it was a total 7 miles of hiking! I have never been so tired and exhausted in my life. When we reached the top of the mountain, there was an amazing waterfall at the top where people were swimming and just enjoying God's masterpiece.
I was also able to hike to the General Sherman--the biggest tree in the world! General Sherman is a sequoia--a special kind of tree that has been on the earth for thousands of years. It was definitely an amazing site to see!

Enjoy some of the pictures below that show you some of the things I did on my trip!
These are the falls that it took us five and a half hours to climb!

This is what it looks like at the top of the mountain, once you have reached the summit.

Our tent that we slept in...it was a very uncomfortable night that included a visit from a brown bear. He was just looking for some food!

This chipmunk hung out with us at our campsite. He just watched everything we did. He let me get really close to him.

General Shermal--the largest tree in the work!

At one of our resting points, I stopped to just appreciate the amazing sights around me.

Just showing some of my skillz, yo!

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