Kings Canyon National Park

Hi Everyone:

This post covers what Barb & I have seen & done on Tuesday & Wednesday in Kings Canyon National Park. Like the other National Parks we have visited, this one is beautiful beyond explanation.

The middle & south forks of the Kings River steadely scoured & reshaped this canyon, one of the deepest in North America. However, this was a shallow sea in the Jurasic Period where plants & animals were burried into the sand. A volcanic wave at the edge of the continental plate lifted this prehistoric seafloor. Magma pushed upward, solifiding into granite domes. Glacers scraped & polished the granite domes over 15,000 years ago. As the glacers retreated, water & wind eroded the canyon walls.

Lou & Barb

View Going up the Mountain to Enter the Canyon

View of Kings River

View of Kings Canyon From on the Mountain

Granite Domes

Road Down to Canyon Floor

Looking Down the Canyon

Kings River

Water Over Grizzley Falls Begins as Ice Melts off Peaks Like Mount Harrington Over 11,000 ft High

"Rapids River" Falls

"Rapids River" Passing Under Suspension Bridge

Suspension Bridge Over Rapids River

Long Trail to "Zumwalt Meadow", Just Ask Barb

"Zumwalt Meadow"

"Rapids River"  -- More Pictures For This Post Comming Tomorrow --