Fresno - Days Inn

Nach der hitzigen und kargen Wuestenlandschaft des Death Valley sind wir heute zurueck ins Baumland des Sequoia National Parks...Hallo Baumbart?!<br><br>Im Giant Forest gibt es unzaehlige Riesenbaeume, die wirklich jedes Auto winzig erscheinen lassen. Hier steht auch der groesste Baum der Welt (General Sherman :-)). Er ist zwar nicht der hoechste und auch nicht der breiteste, aber sein Gesamtstammvolumen (1500 m3) ist unuebertroffen. <br>

... regularly been repossessed by the repo companies. House values have dropped 50% from when they were at their highest. Scary stuff.<br><br>The girls had a fantastic time playing with Kylie and Cameron and we even had a fashion parade from all the girls. We spent the night in Harvey in front of Greg&#8217;s place and Greg cooked us a huge batch of pancakes and waffles the next morning. It was soon time to say our goodbyes and get back in to Harvey to make the drive to Yosemite National Park.

... cloud of mist that travels across the sea into the road. We could really see it when we stopped off and climbed some of the rocks along Big Sur - that was ace. <br><br>Paul<br><br>We rode the famous Highway 1 today. Beautiful. The Big Sur section is incredible. We are coming to the end of our big drives...I'm really going to miss it. <br><br>The part of Fresno we are staying in is eerily quiet...almost like a zombie movie build up...<br><br><br>

Wie man sieht hat uns gestern kein Bär mehr erwischt, obwohl die Ranger die ganze Nacht um die Zelter geschlichen sind und einen gewissen "JJ" gesucht haben...<br><br>Heute lassen wir den Yosemite Nationalpark hinter uns (ein Wolf hat uns neben der Straße noch ein Stück begleitet- irre) und machen uns nach Fresno auf - endlich in Ruhe shoppen!!! Und die Zivilisation hat uns wieder! Obwohl ich zum Thema Yosemite abschließend schon sagen möchte, dass es ...

... USA style when 'Journey' was on!!<br><br>Sun 30th Aug<br><br>One night stay in the lively San Jose to rest before we headed for Half Moon Bay and the infamous Sam's Chouwder House. Great veiws and fish dishes helped us for our trip heading south down route 1, which runs parrallel to the Pacific. many a winding road watching the coastline and the surfers before we reached Santa Cruz.

We arrived in Dinuba late so we checked into a Holiday Inn Express. The following day we left the Hotel and drove through Orange Groves to Kings Canyon. The route our Sat. Nav. (We've named her Lola like in the RV film starring Robin Williams) took us was a very steep and windy road. We all felt sick!! The route was very scenic though (we even ...

... s as Des**t?" und ** guckte ziemlich **staunt aus d** Wäsche *grins*. Schlussendlich hatten wir also die Vorspeise gratis und weil d** S**vice sonst wirklich gut war (wir bekamen schon Getränkenachschub, wenn das Glas nur noch halbvoll war), haben wir auch gute 10% Trinkgeld hingelegt. Dass d** Kelln** dann ab** ein "Thanks, you Guys have been amazing" raushaut, hätte ich wirklich nicht gedacht. Ob ** sonst we ...

... that it got a little wobbly at 20mph, so I backed off and pedaled, recharging the batteries to full. I intend to stop with a full battery unless I can avoid doing so. For my Falconry friends out there, according to the roadkill on the road that boarders the 99 from Selma. The area is full of Cottontails and there are the occasional Jacks out here in the endless grape vineyards. The vineyards are pretty tight with wire and ...

Our traveling in the Southwest had come to an end. It was time to make the long trek back to California. I had done the drive from Southwest Colorado to Fresno in one day five years earlier. Thus, I knew what to expect. That's why I asked Dianne to take the first shift for driving back.<br><br>We pulled out of the Travelodge and headed back toward downtown Cortez. It was time to grab some breakfast. In our search the previous day for the Belgian Quality ...

... kind of stress prevalent over a trip, especially since it seemed likely that the United States would begin retaliating for the attack. Still, we wanted to get out of the Valley and see some other part of the country. <br><br>We came up with two possible trips. The first was a mission tour up the California coast. This trip would start in San Diego and ending in Sonoma. We ended up not going on that trip because we wanted to get out of California. The other trip was a drive through ...