Anza Borrego to the Sequoia’s for Thanksgiving Break
As our kids are getting older we are able to Venture a lot farther from the campsite so We decided to head out to Anza Borrego and hike to the Goat canyon trestle which is the Longest and Tallest curved wooden trestle in the world. It’s a pretty rigorous hike having to do a lot of boulder scrambling but well worth it. We Headed out to Blair Valley for a night.
Blair Valley views
Looking north toward shelter valley
Headed toward Mortero Palms
Water Station
Phone Booth
Nice little camp spot
Brett scrambling amongst the boulders
Nice pool of water
Mortero Palms to Goat Canyon Trestle #2
The Palms
Views from the top
Entering the rugged Goat Canyon
Trestle coming into view
A bit sketchy in sections
Tallest and Longest curved wooden trestle in the world
Old collapsed tunnel before they built the trestle
Eating lunch where the builders also ate lunch long ago
Pretty amazing curve
Checking out one of the tunnels
Quite a bit to work to do to get the railroad back up and running
Heading back to camp
Got back just in time
We then had reservations for upper pines Over Thanksgiving hoping for snow. As we got to the south entrance the ranger informed us they shut down the campground due to the prediction of too much snow!!! They had evacuated the campground and the tent cabins. We then turned around headed back to Fresno and Then East into Sequoia National Park. Happy they didn’t shut it down :).
Settled in before the storm hit
The next morning
And continued to snow for the next 3 days :)
We got our flashlights and hiked to the Lodge/restaurant for a Yummy Thanskgiving Dinner
The Restaurant
Had to educate my son what this is/was
Headed back home
It took awhile to get my truck started sitting in freezing temps for 3 days but we had a blast hanging out, snow showing and sledding around.
The much needed snow shovel saved us after about 4’ of snow in 3 days!!
hope you enjoyed the report
Blair Valley views
Looking north toward shelter valley
Headed toward Mortero Palms
Water Station
Phone Booth
Nice little camp spot
Brett scrambling amongst the boulders
Nice pool of water
Mortero Palms to Goat Canyon Trestle #2
The Palms
Views from the top
Entering the rugged Goat Canyon
Trestle coming into view
A bit sketchy in sections
Tallest and Longest curved wooden trestle in the world
Old collapsed tunnel before they built the trestle
Eating lunch where the builders also ate lunch long ago
Pretty amazing curve
Checking out one of the tunnels
Quite a bit to work to do to get the railroad back up and running
Heading back to camp
Got back just in time
We then had reservations for upper pines Over Thanksgiving hoping for snow. As we got to the south entrance the ranger informed us they shut down the campground due to the prediction of too much snow!!! They had evacuated the campground and the tent cabins. We then turned around headed back to Fresno and Then East into Sequoia National Park. Happy they didn’t shut it down :).
Settled in before the storm hit
The next morning
And continued to snow for the next 3 days :)
We got our flashlights and hiked to the Lodge/restaurant for a Yummy Thanskgiving Dinner
The Restaurant
Had to educate my son what this is/was
Headed back home
It took awhile to get my truck started sitting in freezing temps for 3 days but we had a blast hanging out, snow showing and sledding around.
The much needed snow shovel saved us after about 4’ of snow in 3 days!!
hope you enjoyed the report
