Thursday 28th July: Left Dana Point at 10am for the 4 hour 50 minute drive to Sequoia. Route took us back through LA on the 450 which was rubbish. As you drive away from the coast California becomes more like a desert. The only patches of green are the irrigated fruit plantations. It is a very harsh landscape. As you approach the hills of Sequoia a bit more green starts ap Dari ing high up.

We stayed about 10 miles from the parks entrance. We did a quick venture in during the late afternoon. It is a bit like driving in the Alps, just tight turn after tight turn. Pretty amazing scenery.

Had an interesting culinary experience that evening. We walked Fromm our B&B to the nearest eatery, The Cidar Mill, a simple ribs and burger joint next to the main road. Played it safe and ordered the half rack of ribs.... 45 minutes later and a fairly mediocre rack was delivered. Kath had tequila marinated chicken although no hint of tequila could be detected.. Ho hum, off to bed.