All Seasons Groveland Inn B&B

... That doesn’t really help anyone now, does it!? It doesn’t service any of the view points, or the trailheads! So we have to drive to get to the view points and trailheads. OK... nevermind that we have to drive, their maps are absolutely ****. They are just drawings which are not entirely to scale, and one cannot tell where they are at any one point in time by looking at the map! And alot of the landmarks are not even shown on the map!

Grrrrrr...... We ...

... Waldbränden im Park gesperrt wurde. Die Alternativroute war laut Nadine sehr abenteuerlich (ohne Leitplanke, rechts ging es eben steil ab), wir fuhren über einen schönen Pass Berge auf und ab. Insgesamt brachte uns dieser Umweg gut zwei Stunden mehr aufs Zeitkonto.
Einen Vorteil brachte das Ganze, wir kamen direkt an unserer Cedar ...

... our camp site on the west side of Yosemite after 7pm. The trailer tent was put up quickly (we can do it in our sleep now!) No BBQ tonight just pasta!! It was extremely dry and dusty and Greg was not happy because camp fires were not allowed. The following day we explored Yosemite. It’s a busy Park with lots to see and do. It was about 92f (goes down to 48f at night) so we ...

... menu. Basically, you can order a variety of combinations of burger, cheese, sauce and lettuce, although their in-store menu only lists plain burger, cheeseburger, and double-double (double burger, double cheese).

At Yosemite, we were finally able to pitch our tent again. Not that camping is necessarily ever without its dangers, but the signs and staff at Yosemite go out of their way to impress upon you the various ways you might die in their park ...

... through a travel agency rather than the web. While we purchased Ben’s ticket on miles and found relatively cheap airfare online for Lindsey, we learned when we purchased our around-the-world tickets for the remainder of our trip that it can save you lots of money. For example, we bought 14 one-way flights, including from Vancouver to Hong Kong, other overseas flights, and our return flight from Fiji, and it cost us only $3200 per person ...

... managed to get one to stick before celebrating like he'd won the lottery, throwing in a big high five for good measure.

We couldn't quite figure out the dynamic of the tour party - a real mixed bag of ages and nationalities. Apparently they were all on a day trip from San Francisco to Yosemite which seemed fine but really was a shining example of why travelling in your own car is such a great option - i.e. you make your own decisions about ...

... at some fruit on a cart and some bloke said to me "Vay don't look vat good dovay", I had to ask him to repeat himself and think that he said "They don't look that good do they". I almost asked if he was talking about the fruit or his teeth - or lack off, there were none across the front. Most people we came across there spoke like that. What can you say but "Yee hah". Found our way towards Yosemite ok. Stopped in at Mariposa and stocked up for a couple of days. Alisha and Nicole, you ...

... gelohnt. Bild** von Bächen und Wass**fällen, vom Halfdome, dem wir imm** Näh** kamen. Vorbei an den Royal Arches, Bogen, die durch Wass** und Eis aus d** Felswand gesprengt wurden, kommen wir endlich zum Mirror Lake, direkt unt** d** Wand des Halfdome. Ein See, d** eigentlich kein wirklich** See ist, sond**n nur die V**breit**ung des Flusses. Je nach Jahreszeit ist d** See mal gröss**, mal klein**.

Nach ein** Pause machten wir uns auf den Rückweg, imm** schön d ...

... how unfit I am! I went back to the lodge for the evening and had a few drinks with Natalie and Karen and since they had not set plans we decided that they should join me on the roadtrip so I have some company which is really great. Next stop Monterey. Yosemite is quite the most beautiful place I have seen. I am hoping to come back some time and really spend some time exploring the park. I hope that the photos will do it some justice.

Sobre Yosemite no nos vamos a enrollar: las imágenes hablan por sí solas... Únicamente decir que hemos tenido una suerte increíble con el día que hemos escogido para ir: los niños ya están en el cole y es miércoles. Apenas hay gente!! Dejamos el coche en la primera parada y andamos 45 minutos hasta un pequeño bosque se Sequoias. Vuelta al coche y aparcamos en el parking principal: para moverse por Yosemite hay ...