After another cold night sleeping at 6500ft, we were up bright and early to start the last day of our American adventure. By 6.30 there were already glowing flames and small plumes of smoke rising from campfires next to some of the tents around the forest. As it started to get light, we were on our way by 7 to drive along the Kings Scenic byway to watch sunrise, beat the crowds and get in a final trail run before making a start on our 250 mile journey down to Sa...

Saturday 21st October - day 32. Ridgecrest to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. Well, good old Walmart... we half expected to be woken by a knock on the door from the store manager, but none came and we woke at first light to an almost empty car park and sun streaming through the window (is the weather always this consistently good in America?) We popped into the store to buy fruit (yes - this branch of Walmart sells the kind of fruit you actually want...