In the morning we packed up the car, said goodbye to Clark and Swathi’s gang, and headed to King’s Canyon National Park. The drive to the park strongly reminded us of Greece. There were olive and orange groves everywhere, and the landscape looked like Naxos!
Once we got close to the park, the giant sequoia forest and the misty air took our breath away. It was the most gorgeous park entrance I have ever seen.
After the hike, we debated going to Sequoia National Park, but because of this year’s snow, most of the roads in both King’s Canyon and Sequoia National Park were closed. If we had gone, it would have taken two hours and we wouldn’t have seen any sequoias.
Instead, we opted to drive straight to our magical Airbnb in Hollywood. We drove through the central California valley and were stunned at how much food is produced there! It was just farm after farm after farm.
In Hollywood we loved our airbnb but didn’t take pictures! It was a darling house hidden behind rose gardens and towering shrubs. We were so grateful to have a washing machine because Clarissa and Ammon were having so many accidents, and we were getting very low on clothing.
We ordered Ethiopian food for dinner, and it was okay. We always remember an amazing Ethiopian dinner we had in Tucson, and that is hard to beat.