Travel Blogs from Three Rivers, United States
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Van Las Vegas naar Sequoia National Park
Las Vegas - Barstow (Calico Ghost Town) - Bakersfield - Three Rivers We zijn al heel vroeg wakker want we hadden hier ongelooflijk veel lawaai vannacht. Het straatlawaai lijkt wel versterkt te worden door de hoge muren van het hotel en de ...
Day 18 - Death Valley to Sequoia
Day 18 Death Valley to Three Rivers Late last night after a very slow upload, we were on the way back to the room and the moon was spectacular – the amateur photography was not so good but we try. Sometime yesterday we also crossed into California ...
Spectacular Sequoias
... the earth on the other side of the world. No time to explore the canyon, unfortunately. We ate in the tiny town of Three Rivers at the Pizza Factory for dinner. Not fine dining, but it hit the spot after a long day of travelling and ...
Sequoia National Park
OK. So after the By-Pass of Yosemite (road is closed due to avalache!!!) we find ourselves at Sequoia National Park. Awesome. A 1 hr, 20 mile, 7000 foot climb in the Saturn that is now starting to hate us gets us to the most amazing campsite yet!! ...
The PCH to The Giant Forest's Doorsteps
... back down the mountain a small way and got a room for the night. The largest trees on earth would still be there in the morning when the sun rose as they had for two or three thousand years before. Tomorrow we would see the Giant Forests of the ...
Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park
The day started off simply enough, I left the hotel room and was on my way to see the "Big Trees" at Sequoia National Park figuring I would be there about 4 hours. When I got to the park entrance. I found out it was called Kings Canyon and Sequoia ...
Three Rivers (Sequoia National Park)
And we're off! Like a herd of turtles . . . We've arrived at the first leg of our trip after only 10+ hours of driving thru the LA area. We were treated to several rush hours along the 5 and a brush fire. We ended up taking a very circuitous route via ...
Big big trees and is that a bear ......?
After a couple of days travelling staying in Oakurst and Three Rivers filling up on groceries water and fuel we stayed in Three Rivers a campground in the foothills of this national Park. It was now in the 90s and it was a great base to base to visit the ...
A (hot) Dog of a day.
... driving through the district stopping at a flea market to browse the goods, not bad. Then on to Minneapolis and the Three Rivers District for 4 days of camping bliss. One of the characters from Jesse's childhood stories, Paul Bunyan, (most Australians ...
Three Rivers State Park
... . More and more people are becoming snowbirds heading to this region. Review of campground: February 24, Sunday – Three Rivers State Park, Sneads, FL This campground is off Interstate 10 about 10 miles north. ...
Giants of the forest
... drove a 4 hour trip but it wound up being a 5 hour trip because we moved at 2 mph every 10 minutes. Once we got to Three Rivers (thanks to Carson and Hunter for the books on CD- they help pass time) we checked in at the Buckeye Lodge. Once I ...
Bakersfield (CA) -Saquoia NP - Madera (CA)
Helaas door de omstandigheden gaan we vandaag niet naar Yosemite NP maar naar Sequoia NP. Dit omdat we een keuze moesten maken, deze ook afgewogen met wat we al gezien hebben en wat nog niet in de afgelopen maand. Het Sequoia NP is in de VS als tweede ...
5:30 AM !!!!
Can you believe it?? It's summer vacation and I should be sleeping in til at least 9 am, but no. My body wakes up at 5:30. At soon as my eyes open, I register what day it is (and how close the day of departure is), my body ...
Bon Voyage Open House
Yesterday we had an intimate Bon Voyage party at our home in Three Rivers, MI. Our heart -felt hanks to Kay, Ruth and Jeanne for their generous contributions of time, talent, and sweets! Vic took some photos, so maybe we will have a few to ...
July 1: Sequoia National Park
... pictures. No bears. --Getting dark but made it to the bottom while there was still some light. Gateway restaurant in Three Rivers for dinner. A beautiful spot right on the Kaweah River—mega rocks and rapids. Came back the next ...
Sequoia National Park and King's Canyon
Said goodbye to our huge room and plasma tv and set off on the 8 hour drive to Three Rivers, just outside Sequoia. Went to church before we left, very modern with a few songs we knew, the people were lovely but the service was different to say the ...
To the Big Trees
... Nevada Mountains to see the Giant Sequoia trees. There was over 3ft of snow up at the General Sherman tree (about 6000ft). I drove back down the mountain to Three Trees. First time I drove on the right, long drops but amazing ...
Sequoia National Park
... For some reason, the sequoia trees love this climate, and grow to amazing heights. Some of these trees are over 3000 years old (that's three thousand, not a typo). Their bark is up to 2 feet thick, and the trees are, by volume, the largest in the ...
To Vegas
Left the B&B early, Ozzie on our cases to be at breakfast by 6.30am for breakfast, thankfully his not so relaxed attitude got sandy out of bed to pick us up, not that it mattered, the plane was delayed by 5 hours! The flight over the Sierra Nevada ...
Just a little bit longer....
Closing in on the last few days of school. Attention wandering. Miscellaneous items to pack collecting in rubbermaid bins. Glassy-eyed stares during classes. Collecting email addresses from collegues and friends. Boring ...
Fin de journée
Après avoir contourné en voiture le mont Whtiney, arrivée tout près du Séquoia National ...
Creek Fishing Karma
... all their lives. It's quite remarkable seeing them hike. They all do it in flip flops. Climbing rocks, crossing rivers, going up waterfalls. Meanwhile, I'm in full hiking gear, have the latest equipment from REI, a headlamp, a self ...
Day 36 - Yosemite National Park
... grapes for SunMaid. At Visalia, we headed east on 198 to Three Rivers - lots of orange and lemon groves here. We were heading back into the mountains and arrived in Three Rivers at 4:30. Lots of time to do some laundry ...
Nice way to end a good day
25th Nov. cont. Luckily for us, in the village Three Rivers just outside the park, we found a nice little place. After registering, we hooked up and cooked dinner. We then checked email and found we had a response from our friends on the coast and had ...
MI Sept-Oct 2009
Volunteered as assistant food prep, landscaping artist, housekeeper, guest host at The Hermitage, a spiritual formation retreat ...
I heart Mineral King
Thanks for the nice comments guys. Really though, the beautiful scenery is 95% of the work that goes into the pictures. Ben and Christian came up for the weekend. I decide to head back into Mineral King. I ...
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