Strawberry Kiwi

 This is kind of a “picturementary” of my vacation to California this past summer. First, we took the train from Union Station, in D.C. to San Fransisco. The whole ride took about 4 days, but it was fun seeing all of the scenery go by.

 

       

 

       

 

Views of San Fransisco from the train.

 

 

 

Looking down on San Fransisco from on top of a huge hill:

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Then, we went into San Fransisco and stayed with some friends. During our time in San Fransisco,  we to Stinson beach, went biking through the city, and visited with our friends and relatives who live there.

After a few days in San Fransisco, we went to Yosemite, Sequoia Kings Canyon, and Mt. Lassen national parks. While in the parks, we camped and went hiking and sight seeing. Here are some of the things that we saw:

 

 

We visited Crystal Caves, and saw cool rock formations:

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also saw lots of HUGE trees, so big that they seems to go on for miles:

 

 

 

Here is the trunk of one of those trees:           And looking up at one from the bottom:     Another tree trunk

 

                      

 

On some of our hikes we saw waterfalls, rivers, and lakes, and there were some places where you could swim:

 

    

 

 

There were also giant canyons where we could see down for what seemed like miles.

 

             

 

And Big rocks that were especially pretty at sunset.

 

We saw geo-thermal features at Mt. Lassen national park, like this burning hot, bubbling mud pot:

 

At the very end of our trip, we went back to San Fransisco, and then, after a few more days in the city, we flew back here to Washington, D.C.