On our last evening in Sequoia NP we were watching the weather very closely. It was supposed to snow in the early morning, and we didn’t bring chains with us. We didn’t want to get stuck in the park without a hotel reservation.
At about 4:00 AM, I got up and saw it was raining, not snowing. Ok, no worries.
At 7:00 AM it starting sleeting, and that turned into frozen rain by 7:15. We decided to skip breakfast and get the hell out of dodge because the frozen rain was quickly accumulating! By the time we got to our car I was thinking we were screwed.
We left the Wuksachi Lodge and found the Northbound direction of the Generals HIghway, the direction we wanted to go, was already closed. Grrr! We ended up having to leave the long way to the south, although it at least gave us a different perspective of the park. Fortunately we had charged the car every night (albeit at only 120V) so we had the necessary range to get us to the Fresno Supercharger, even with the additional miles we had to go.
On the way down the road splits in two because they literally built the road around some sequoia trees! I would have stopped and taken a picture of the car between the two trees but didn’t want to risk it.
Here is one last look at Moro Rock from the roadway leaving the park. This would not have been a good day for the hike!
Definitely a worthwhile visit! We didn’t get to see any of Kings Canyon National Park due to the road closure, but that leaves something for next time!
We should be back in July, as we have a trip planned for Sandpoint, Idaho. Thanks for reading!
Great license plate Chris!
From the picture looks like it could have been taken in Banff. Hope all is well!
Thanks Saqib! We miss Banff!
Tesla 🙌🏼