Sequoia National Park

lots of fire damage as we drove up to the Giant Forest area

It's not clear why the Crystal Caves were closed

when we got to the General Sherman area, we saw a deer, which was surprising, usually there is no sign of animal life up there.

the line of people waiting to take a picture in front of the General Sherman sign

the General Sherman tree

another shocking thing, we saw a black bear and her cub right near the Sherman tree. She was digging into the bark for a few minutes, but then a ranger shouted and chased her off.

some views on the way back down

Morro Rock - you can see a lot of the dead trees