After a long and tiring day at the Disneyland, we just wanted to relax. And left for Tulare next day in the morning and were there by four and checked into the hotel. Rather than sightseeing, we decided to just a watch a good movie and have dinner. And according to the plan, we went out for dinner and then a late night movie 'Jack Reacher' - at the Galaxy theaters. Sure, it was a relaxing day.
The following day, we left early for the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, also known as the land of Giants, and it took us about one hour. We bought tire chains on the way to the park and bought our ticket at the gate around 12. The drive was amazing through the hills and stopped on the way at Potwisha and Buckeye Flat to enjoy the views. From there we drove up to the Giant Forest, but in between it started snowing pretty heavily. And because of that, all cars were to have tire chains and we had to wait in a long line of cars before getting a spot where we could put on the chains. We put our jackets on and took the chains out, it was quite difficult to do it as it was snowing. But we managed to hook it on side but were unable to do it on the other, and then we realized that it was not the right size for the tires.
Sequoia National Park
We were quite disappointed as we couldn't go beyond that point and we had to go back to the shop from where we bought it which was like two hours back. So, we left from there and on our way back, clicked some pictures and stopped for a while to enjoy the snow before heading back. By the time we came to the store, it was already getting dark, so we decided to just give back the tire chains and leave for our next destination.
Our next stop was Sacramento, which was about five hours from there. So we left Sequoia and were on our way by five. Drove past Delhi as well, yeah! the name of the city was quite amusing to us and it was like being in India again (not exactly). We were in Sacramento around 10 and checked into the hotel and went out for dinner before finally, settling down for the day.