Road Trip West Day 6 (Sequoia & Ventura)

There's a bunch for this day!!! This was our last day at Sequoia National Park. When doing research before we left on the trip, we found that the park has a Cave underneath one of the Sequoia groves. We thought it might not get better than that so we went. Abbey had never been to a cave, and it had been years, maybe 15 or so since I had been with my Dad in Arkansas. New experiences rock! We woke up early that morning, had a cup of tea as seen below, and packed camp.

cup of tea

We then hiked a big rock, Moro Rock. A granite formation in Sequoia. Super cool hike. 360 views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Beautiful.

We then began our tour of Crystal Cave. Crystal Cave is mostly Marble, which I learned actually comes from Limestone! Kinda like Coal turns to diamonds but after some intense geo-plate smashing and shifting and then intense heat and ocean waters cooling down at the same time, crazy. Crystal Cave is home to many endemic creatures. We learned a lot about them, had a cool tour, the guide even turned all the lights off for a minute so we could experience complete blackness! Awesome!! Here are some pics of the cave. Unfortunately I didn't take notes and don't have a clue what these are. Any Geologists out there????


















We then left the park and headed to Ventura, our resting place for 5 days! We arrived at Kevin & Annie's place and it was so nice to be in a place that felt like home after a week of camping! We had an awesome meal and a great time chatting with each other.