Holiday Inn Selma-Swan Court
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It was a BIG day
We were up early and on the road by 5:30am to avoid the traffic going through Los Angeles and head up to big tree country.
As we drove along we were both amazed at how much the landscape reminded us of Australia and driving through groves of euculyptus trees reminded our sense of smell of Australia as well.
We headed to Sequoia National …
Yosemite & Mariposa Grove.
Before leaving Melbourne we checked the Yosemite road closures for our time there and were disappointed to discover that we would not be able to get up to Glacier Point ( the best lookout for the park) or Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees. The grove did disappoint the most because we really wanted to take the kids to see these magnificent trees …
Itinerary
... smores 7 pm clean up 8 pm sleep Day 4 8 am get ready & shower 9 am breakfast 10 am start hike 12 pm break & lunch 1:30 pm continue hike 7 pm back to campsite 7:30 pm small dinner 8 pm sleep Day 5 8 am wake up & shower 9 am breakfast 9:30 am put everything away 10 am drive up to Cal state mining & mineral museum 11:30 am arrive 12 pm start tour 2 pm go to gift shop; look around, then lunch 3 pm ...
Zwischen Baumgiganten
... Andere tolle Bäume sind z.B.: das "Faithful Couple" - ein aus ursprünglich zwei Bäumen zusammengewachsener Riese (diese Art von Bäumen sind keine Konkurrenten, falls sie zu dicht zusammen wachsen - sie harmonieren hingegen und versorgen sich gegenseitig mit Nährstoffen), der "California Tunnel Tree" - ein Baum, der zur Touristenattraktion aufgepeppt wurde und durch den man hindurchlaufen kann. Er ersetzte den "Wawona Tunnel Tree", der 1967 ...
Just driving
Not much to report today we just had to drive all day back to California. We have had to forgot about driving through Death Valley as the snow messed up our route so we are now heading for Kings Canon national park.
Rob was quite pleased to see a tumble weed - in fact he scared ...