While visiting my best friend from college, Lydia, for her birthday in California. We took to the trails along the Kern River in California’s Sequoia National Forest for a day.

A great sequoia, a common sight every direction when hiking in the Giant Sequoia National Monument. The lack of green that I’ve grown accustomed to in Appalachia is quite shocking. But there is an abundance of wildlife around, you may have to look a bit harder for it though.