Vagabond Inn - 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>

Scott<br><br>Last night at San Simeon was surreal, and felt quite dangerous. Me and Paul were playing pool and this guy came over, covered in tattoos, smelt of booze and smoke, and he asked us a lot of questions about where we were going, when etc, and invited himself in the pool game. At first I thought he was gay and thought we were too or something, but when he pulled out this medical tub of weed and asked us to smell it we assumed he was ...

Wie man sieht hat uns gestern kein Bär mehr erwischt, obwohl die Ranger die ganze Nacht um die Zelter geschlichen sind und einen gewissen "JJ" gesucht haben...<br><br>Heute lassen wir den Yosemite Nationalpark hinter uns (ein Wolf hat uns neben der Straße noch ein Stück begleitet- irre) und machen uns nach Fresno auf - endlich in Ruhe shoppen!!! Und die Zivilisation hat uns wieder! Obwohl ich zum Thema Yosemite abschließend schon sagen möchte, dass es ...

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 ...

... I'm a 25 year old Californian who has always loved to travel but was limited to the United States and Canada in my youth because of a combination of lack of money, lack of a passport, and a disinclination on the part of my parents to leave the country. My parents love to travel as well but they're firmly in the "see America first" school of thought. They've taken daytrips into Mexico and Canada and my Dad was stationed in Germany when he was in the Army but beyond that ...

... listening to Legally Blonde on repeat and ended up at Alice's for Apples to Apples. And that's it! That concludes my central cali trip! I know I sucked with the blogging, as usual. Get over it! Tomorrow I'll drive down to San Ysidro, stay the night, and then hit up Wild Animal Park in San Diego before flying to Orlando on Friday morning. I love my life!

... v**y much for the next few days out of necessity rath** than choice. Presidents Day had been building up for a couple of weeks and it had finally arrived, giving the Am**icans a 3 day weekend and the hotel own**s pockets lined with gold. A lot of places shut and the rest flooded with people on vacation, so we happily explored this lovely town and made it our home for 4 days. We went to the Visitor's Centre a few times to get information on Yosemite. A lovely old lady decided to take ...

... 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 ...