Those old forest trees really are a sight to see ! I've been up near King's Canyon before & apparently still have nice memories of being there & how awesomely beautiful the trees just really are.Makes for a nice background Evelyn, that's for sure. I do tend to recall a big temperature difference, between the Valley & the Sierras.
The East coast, seems so much different, than out West &the Appalachian mountains , to the West of here don't quite compare, to the Sierra Nevada. But the views are nice & there is a reason why they call them the 'Blue Ridge', as it sorta does have it's own "bluish" color about it, in the air.