Ridge Pointe Tahoe Stateline

... sterile. Laurelie s&lt;en donne a coeur joie de courir<br><br> dans tous les sens et est fascinee par ce qui l'entoure. Sur le chemin du retour, nous empruntons la Artist Drive, ou la route s'enfonce a l'interieur du decor avec toute la palette de couleurs typique des montagnes de l'endroit. <br><br> Le choix de notre site de camping est plus que parfait. Dans cet endroit pourtant tres touristique, nous sommes quasiment seuls. Belle soiree au bord du ...

... and the first half of the walk was through the canyon was uphill. We then went to another viewpoint at Devils Golf course. This provided another sparse outlook with lots of salt lumps in the ground. Next came the artists drive which is a drive through the rocky canyons in an area where there are several vivid colours running through the rocks. This was a very pleasant drive with lots of photo stops along the way. After a ...

... und Klapperschlangen. Das ausgetrocknete Land hat aber trotzdem seinen Reiz und bietet einzigartige Anblicke. Das Death Valley ist angeblich auch einer der heissesten Orte auf der Welt. Im Sommer wird es hier locker mal 60 Grad Celsius....ja, Lufttemperatur!<br>

With Tensions running high and not much climbing getting done, the group decided to dismantle on nov 1st. It was a good time, we all took some great memories from it but we all had other things in our minds by the end so we each went our way. Apples drove ...

Today I went and checked out Yosemite NP. The drive up into Yosemite was quite nice and took a couple of hours from Napa. In Yosemite there are a number of hiking trails ranging in distance from short to a couple of hours long. Alternatively, if your game enough, you can try and climb up El Capitan. There were heaps of people in Yosemite so I mainly just did a drive around tour stopping occassionally for some of the shorter hikes and to check out Yosemite Falls. Unfortunately due ...

The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest is located in the White Mountains of California at the 10,000 ft. elevation. These ancient trees grow only in a few select areas of the world. They live long lives; some are celebrating their 4,000 year birthdays. The oldest living tree on earth is in the Methuselah Grove. We walked right by it, but had to keep guessing which one is the oldest, as scientists do not reveal the identity!

Left the hotel very hungover, and slept the whole way to Death Valley. We stopped at various view points in the National Park. We didn't expect it to be as beautiful as it was. There were huge salt plains which just went on and on, and we also stood at the lowest point in the Northern Hemisphere. We saw the sunset on the sand dunes and both rolled down them which was so much fun! That night in the tent was actually the coldest I have EVER EVER been! I literally nearly cried!

... As we only had a day we decided to hike up to Vernal falls. This is obviously a popular trail as people were flooding up the 600 granite steps to get to the top, but it was worth it - the falls were spectacular. In some points we had water spray hitting us and we has to remind ourselves that the falls were at their lowest, I can´t imagine what they are like in the spring. We were going to walk all the ...

... us up to the castle itself. One spot of our tour of the elaborate palace consisted of the outdoor pool, which had Roman architectural influences not to mention crystal clear water. Then we walked through a guest house which had bedrooms with spectacular views of the coastline. Then we toured the sitting room with its ornate wall decorations (original medieval tapestries), the dining room with the longest ...

... most sore spot, I guess from having them bent all day. The mountain and all the snow is gorgeous! Sorry, no pictures yet, wanted to see if I would have a place to put my camera after I took pictures. They have lockers there that we'll use for that tomorrow. You get a great view of "Lake Tahoe" when riding the ski lift down. (It's either ride the lift or take the black diamond trails to the bottom. I'll stick with the lift.) Sarah and I took the first time skiiers class, and I am ...