Springhill Suites By Marriott 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>

... 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>

... eine Ecke mit Ledermöbeln für die Männer mit Motosport-, und Automagazinen....<br><br>So beenden wir heute einen gemütlichen sightseeingfreien Tag und fahren morgen über den Sequoia Nationalpark nach Bakersfield, das heißt, wenn wir nicht gleich nach Bakersfield fahren zum "Shopping die Zweite". Außerdem muss Sewy morgen noch was umtauschen, das passiert auch, wenn man den Mann beim Einkaufen alleine lässt....<br><br>Und heute eine bärenfreie gute Nacht...

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 ...

... in mass in the world. <br><br>We left at 4pm and made our way to Vegas! The driving through Bakesfield we saw lots of orchards for miles and miles !!!!!! I know we've mentioned before but the Americans produce an unbelievable amount of food. We then drove through the Mojave Desert past thousands of wind turbines arriving in Vegas at Mid-night!!.

... Polske myslelismy, ze pozegnalismy snieg, to jestesmy w bledzie. Lancuchow na kola nie potrzebowalismy, ale jedna z tras, na ktorej zwiedzeniu bardzo nam zalezalo, byla niestety zamknieta. W samej dolinie krolowala wiosenna aura. Cieple promienie sloneczne oswietlaly soczyscie zielona trawe, kwitnace drzewa i polne kwiaty. Jesli chodzi o pogode, Kalifornia rozpieszcza nas do granic mozliwosci. Aby moc podziwiac mamutowce - najwiekszych ...

... the next day. Further, they have a parking lot with hookups, so you can live in your RV while it is getting serviced. Of course it's not the ideal set up, but certainly better than moving out of Winnie and staying in a hotel (in Tampa we stayed with Bob's brother, Lee, which was lucky (and fun!) for us). Well, we ended up at Paul Evert's for a little under a week (they had to order some parts) but we are happy to say that the experience at this dealership was about ...

... my ears tuned into the "cha-ching" noise I'd been longing to hear. I turned around and was blinded by a chuffed grin as Dan's machine poured out money. It was only $17 but that really is quite a lot of nickels! I'd been wond**ing how many coins it would take to fill up the plastic cups and that night we found out. It may have been a small win for a prop** gambl** but it was a giant windfall for a man with a $40/day budget. Aft** all the excitement, we decided to stay an extra night ...

... 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 ...

... learned is that driving is the only way to see the Southwest. We were able to get into some very interesting places and enjoy some wonderful scenery that we couldn&#8217;t have experienced with public transportation. So, the main piece of advice for anyone planning a Southwest trip is to rent a car and get a good road map before leaving.<br><br>October 3rd began with a beautiful morning in Fresno. The air was warm enough to remind people that Summer was still lurking around. But ...