Holiday Inn Fresno-Airport,Ca

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.

... we were being over cautious but we had to get out of that place, the guy could have been a total psyco for all we knew. I think we stick out like sore thumbs at times, and when we walk into a bar you can really sense heads turn in our direction. I guess as a foreigner you can become quite vulnerable if you aren't careful. <br><br>Anyway, yesterday at the beach was a wicked change, and the weather is so much cooler, and there is this ...

... rausgesucht und los gehts! Es gibt hier soooo viele tolle Sachen, ganz zu schweigen von den Schuhen...Wenns ginge, würde ich mir einen Vorrat für die nächsten 3 -5 Jahre zusammen kaufen!!! Da kann man schon ein Vermögen loswerden, wenn man es hat!!!<br> <br>Sewy wollte nach den ersten beiden Geschäften schon unbedingt auf einen Kaffee und einen Käsekuchen gehen (warum nur?) - der perfekte Ort dafür "The Cheesecake Factory". Gesagt - getan ...

... to pass the time and we arrived at Yosemitie only to be disapointed that the main road into the valley was closed due to fires. We did however travel a different route which lead us up the mountains to see some amazing rock features and lakes.<br><br>Headed back out of the park and towards San Jose another 180 miles, with the radio bursting with soft rock we knew we were road ...

... Marmots &amp; a Coyote). Kings Canyon is Massive! It takes ages to drive around. We had to fill-up in a 1928 petrol pump; It was really interesting to see how it worked. At the Ranger Office we inquired about the trails and the kids picked up the young Ranger program. We did Meadow trail collecting sugar cones along the way and hoping to see ...

... times I've had to reason with myself, challenge myself, comfort myself, push myself, and most importantly, listen to myself. <br><br> <br><br> One great thing about traveling solo is the fact that there aren't many outside influences to sway you in any direction. At home, people face all types of outside influence, whether from family, friends, or colleagues. Of course, some of these people are very positive influences, but they are influences ...

... in are all carrying an alcoholic drink, it doesn't exactly lift your spirits (no pun intended). Especially when they all looked like they may have all been in prison as recently as that morning (in the end it turned out that they were only lorry drivers). The room that we were put in was actually not too bad (or maybe our standards are falling as the trip goes on), once we'd worked out that all the even numbered rooms were at the front of the hotel and ...

... It turned out to be a shorter trip into California than if we had stayed on I-40. The biggest surprise I had while driving along this road came after we crossed over Union Pass. I was shocked to find the roadsides between Union Pass and Laughlin littered with mobile homes. It wasn&#8217;t the condition of the mobile homes that surprised me. I just hadn&#8217;t realized that so many people made this corner of the desert their home.<br><br>We didn't stop in ...

... of these places, and see some spectacular fall scenery. We were going to start out in Albany, drive to Montreal for a two day stay, then go to Boston for four days, head out to Reading for a three day stay, move up to Binghamton for a weekend, and then spend a couple of days in Albany before flying back. We bought the plane tickets, lined up the hotels, and geared up to go.<br><br>And then September 11th happened. Once our initial shock passed, we began to realize that it might ...