Giant Trees to hug - Sequoia Park

After leaving Zion, we drove through Vegas (what a trip) and into Cali. We hit a major lightning storm. It was crazy - flashes every second or two. We didn't think we could camp up in the mountains with that storm. We tried guerrilla-surfing to get the weather, but nothing worked. It was 4am and we ended up in a motel for the night an hour outside Sequoia. In the morining the storm was clearing so we headed up to the park for an afternoon. Jesse and Liz were pretty burnt out from all the driving & hiking, and Liz's foot was gimpy, so we decided to not camp and head back to Santa Cruz two days early. It was nice to shower and have a bed/house.