Walking through Bats

Hiking at night in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Drawing by Ann Brantingham. Used with permission. May not be reproduced.

I come into our camp as the darkness is falling to see the campfire going with that quality of orange that firelight has on tree trunks when there is still a little blue left in the sky and you can still see between the trees, but it’s a little hard. My friends gather chairs or cook food, chat, clean, and prepare themselves…