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<\/a><\/p>\nInside the Giant Forest Museum there is an old-timey movie running that shows how the sequoias were abused by early park visitors.\u00a0 This video is well worth watching, and even has one scene where deer are eating food right off of a plate through a dining room window.\u00a0 Man were people naive back then!<\/p>\n
The trail to Moro Rock starts just outside the museum.\u00a0 In another week you will actually be able to drive to Moro Rock and climb up from the parking lot there, but as of now the road remains closed for the season.\u00a0 Resist the temptation to do so, as there is a lot to see on foot.\u00a0 This is a rather easy 3.6 mile round trip hike.\u00a0 The hardest part is the hike up the rock itself, but that’s pretty short.\u00a0 You may even see some wildlife along the way.<\/p>\n
There is no zoom on that photo.\u00a0 This Brown Bear was maybe 20 feet away.\u00a0 Didn’t seem to care about the dozen or so people who were shooting photos.<\/p>\n This cool set of trees was just begging for a picture.<\/p>\n This next shot is of the root side of the Auto Log.<\/p>\n It’s called the Auto Log because in the 1920’s people would park their cars on top of it to get photos.<\/p>\n We left the paved road for the trail about .3 miles from Moro Rock, only to have to side step back down to the road about half way there due to several fallen trees blocking the path.\u00a0 It was a very steep and unsafe diversion!<\/p>\n We reached the start of the path up Moro Rock shortly thereafter.\u00a0 Here is a shot of the first part of the trail.<\/p>\n A fallen tree along the side of the rock makes for nice framing.<\/p>\n The trail as we are nearing the top.<\/p>\n This is what the top of Moro Rock looks like.\u00a0 Reminds me a little of a mini Half Dome (although with lots of safety rails).<\/p>\n Here is a shot of the western side of the rock face.<\/p>\n On our way back down we heard sirens and saw an ambulance stop not too far from the start of the Moro Rock climb.\u00a0 Somebody who had to side step down the same steep hill from the blocked path had fallen and hit their head on the road.\u00a0 We told the rangers why people were walking down the hill so they could block off that portion of the trail.\u00a0 They had no idea.<\/p>\n On our way back we saw this very cool completely hollowed out sequoia that was still standing.\u00a0 Looks a lot like a chimney, and probably acted like one whenever it caught on fire.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n