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Labor Day Weekend at Big Bear : Camping trip at Big Bear for Labor Day weekend with friends.

Labor Day Weekend at Big Bear

Sequoia NP : Dave and I enjoyed a weekend in June 2005 camping at Sequoia NP. It was a cold weekend for camping, but we braved through it and enjoyed the entire weekend. We saw some of the biggest trees ever and even spotted a CA black bear.

Sequoia NP Labor Day 2006 : Dave and I enjoyed Labor Day weekend by Camping at Sequoia NP at our favorite campground. Since we did all the touristy stuff last year, we decided to spend most of the time hiking. On sunday we did an amazing day hike. We traveled into the sierras to several alpine lakes. On the way up we went through "the watchtower". Basically the trail goes right along the side of a mountain. It's a good drop down to the valey from there. Then you end up at the first lake, Heather Lake. This is where we had lunch. Then we traveled on to two more lakes. Each one is nestled in the mountains almost above the tree line. It was really amazing. We were probably only about 1000 feet from one of the peaks. The total hike was about 11 miles round trip. The day before we did a short hike up to little baldy to look out on the sierras. Not nearly as demanding as the lakes trail hike, but still a nice view. Sequoia is really pretty, but much different from Yosemite.

Sequoia NP Labor Day 2006