Picadilly Inn University Fresno

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>

... 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 ...

... einem noch schlimmer vor, wenns draußen über 40°C hat) haben wir weiter geshoppt! Und das Resultat sind auf meiner Seite 2 Shirts, 4 Paar tolle Schuhe und noch einige Souveniers...die kann ich aber natürlich nicht verraten! Sewy hat auch eingekauft: Shirts und Gürtelschnallen, echt cool! Dieser erfolgreiche Raubzug macht wieder mal deutlich, dass es einfach besser ist, wenn sich Mann und Frau beim Einkaufen trennen...es gibt ja nicht in jedem Gesch ...

Sat 29th Aug<br><br>Picked up the hire car at 9am sat morning from the worst hire company, the car wasn't clean, the tyre pressure was dodgy and they hadn't even filled the car with 'gas', So we had to find the other hire company in SF.<br><br>Fulled up and ready to head out on our road trip, first stop would be Yosemite park some 160 miles west. Some beautiful views all the way ...

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 ...

... and many don't have any desire to come to America at all.<br><br> <br><br> In America, many people (guys and girls) will wear their pants fairly low, allowing their underwear to show (not that I'm trying to look or anything). In Australia, many people (guys and girls) will wear their pants and their underwear fairly low, allowing the top of their crack to show (not that I was trying to look or anything).<br><br> <br><br> There was a Simpsons ...

... left ready for something a little diff**ent. The next stop was Las Vegas - you can't get much more diff**ent than that! It wasn't difficult to find our hotel as we spotted the sev**al acre wide luminous pink circus tent from quite a distance away. We stayed in Circus Circus on the strip wh**e my grandparents had stayed on their own road trip sev**al decades before. I loved it immediately and felt in my element as soon as we arrived. I think it's the only hotel wh**e I've had to use ...

... We ate in Barstow, and continued on to Fresno. We pulled into our house just after midnight.<br><br>So, was our Southwest trip a worthy substitute for the New England trip we&#8217;d originally planned? Looking back on it, I&#8217;d have to say yes. There are some areas of astonishing beauty to observe. There is also some powerful reminders of culture, both Native American and European, that are worth visiting. But, above all, a Southwest trip reminds a ...

Welcome to my Southwest USA travelogue! This travelogue will detail the sights I saw, the places in which I stayed, and the restaurants where I ate during my trip across Arizona, New Mexico, and a tiny bit of Colorado. This trip was taken from October 3, 2001 until October 13, 2001. As is always the case, how I ended up in this part of the world is a story in itself.<br><br>As all three of you long-time readers know, I got married in February, 2001. When it came time for us to plan ...

After the 17 mile drive, we found somewhere to stay in Fresno. We bought some stuff from the nearby grocery store and were excited to beirng it back to the motel in a brown paper bag. How very U.S. That evening we went to a diner and planned our route to Yosemite. In the mornng, we spotted a patrol car in the motel car park and a watched a policeman stride back and ...