>>1403644It's beautiful country up there--good folk in the small towns. Knew a guy who came down from Visalia for a college program I was in: broski type, rode a sports bike. Was a good dude but due to family issues and a bike crash that shattered his collarbone and totaled the bike and left one of his arms temporarily immobilized he was held back for a year or two.
Went back up to the Sequoia National Forest right before they closed that rode through to the Trail of 100 Giants. Splendid country once you get above the chaparral--hills in places looked like you were back east in West Virginia with the splashes of gold and red among the green. Road up that way chasing the Kern River was amazing too. Way the wind blew through the mountains? It sounded like the world was breathing.
I think I'm gonna head back up that way in the summer, do some car camping with the gf around Balch Park and explore a bit more. I'd go back to the national park but it's just too crowded--hell, when I was there two years ago with my last ex it wasn't even that bad and I went on the NPS birthday when it was filled by all the folk that wanted to take advantage of the free admission. Hordes of families with kids galore and European tourists speaking a cornucopia of languages--it was hard to appreciate nature with just so many folk around.
