Day 09 - Sun 03 May

It was dark when we arrived ...
Not the greatest of motels, but it was late and we were tired. Perhaps walking past the Mexican hunters drinking outside, and stepping through scaffolding should have rung alarm bells. Maybe we'd reached the border, and hit ground zero for this swine flu epidemic out of Mexico, and that's apart from the truck wash, lube & tire depot we had as a view from our bedroom window!
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Not the greatest breakfast
Not sure why, but we went to McDonalds for breakfast. Not the best of choices... did you know eggs come in slabs, "biscuits" taste like slightly undercooked scones, and pancakes are like munching on slightly damp carpet. Oh, and it obviously wasn't in the best area. Peter got out some cash to pay and a women in the queue beside him said
"don't take out so much cash .. not here!" .. it was all of $40!
Needless to say, we didn't stay long, and were on our way
to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks.
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The hire car is no slouch
We left in such a hurry, the locals thought we were drag racing
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You see the funniest things in the country
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Mad blue pig attacks Elmo !!
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Me little totem ...
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The hire car had plenty of room in the trunk
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Elmo gets his own room
Nothing to do with Peter's snoring!
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Local blue lizard
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Spot the little red guy
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The trees are big ... REALLY REALLY big!
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Spooky forest
Elaine doing her thing as the low cloud rolls in. Well we were at about 7,000 feet here.
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More spooky forest
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The woodworm here is also VERY BIG!

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Elaine on a shoot...

a photography shoot that is.
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Gotcha
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Elaine loses a leg to frostbite
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Still lots of snow around at this elevation
Elmo gets in over his head.
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Fire damaged tree
No Elaine didn't do it!
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She leaps tall trees in a single bound
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A grove of young sequoias
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Did we say they're BIG?
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REALLY BIG
See the tiny little (but really loud and annoying) German!
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The view across Kings Canyon
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The sun was setting

If you aren't a tree lover, this is still a great place to visit ...yes, REALLY?!

As the sunset we left Kings Canyon and headed for Fresno to find another motel.
Hopefully a better one this time!
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Driven today - 244 miles
Running total - 1,702 miles
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