California - living the dream

Terribly sorry that we were not able to post an update yesterday... it was a long nine hours to California and we forgot to stop somewhere for wifi before setting up camp for the night! Yesterday we did not stop for much sightseeing, as we were in quite a rush to finally make it to California. The only stop we made all day was for bathroom breaks and a lunch at Taco Bell to reward ourselves for making it all the way.
 Our camping site - Sandy Flat, was incredible, once we were able to find it. Let's just say that the only road to the campsite is about as adrenaline pumping as a roller coaster and about as high up! We were the only ones camping there for the evening and the camp host made us feel very welcome. A fire restriction has prevented us from doing any marshmallow roasting so far though.

Today we explored the Sequoia National Forest looking for some great sequoias. After about an hour and a half of driving hair raising cliffs we found the trail of 100 giants which are some of the largest trees on the planet and too say they are incredible is putting it lightly. Unfortunately, to find our way down from the mountain our not-so-trustworthy GPS saw fit to take us on a backwoods adventure of little more than packed dirt for about an hour!!!!! (over that time we did some serious soul searching and pondered the end of our existence!) We were never quite so happy to see paved road as we were today! The rest of the trip to Santa Barbara was not quite as eventful and our beautiful hotel room has made the day much more relaxing Ahh, the comforts of civilization.