Getting to Kings Canyon NP

When we left Kernville we drove through Bakersfield and then north via CA Hwy 245 into Kings Canyon. I'm just mentioning this so you don't repeat our error! Yikes, what a road. Constant, and boy do I mean constant, s-curves. A narrow, winding road that kept me spinning the steering wheel left than right for hours til we made it to the top. The 173-mile drive took us a little over 5 1/2 hours. Would've been better to go a longer distance and taken 180 (I think).