Days Inn Fresno

... so looking forward to a shower and some warm dinner. So off we drove to the closest "big circle" on the map which was Fresno. To be sincere, and although we read it is the the richest county of California (need to check this fact out)...its a dump. ...

Another day on the road, travelling from Barstow to ...

... a Southwest trip is to rent a car and get a good road map before leaving. October 3rd began with a beautiful morning in Fresno. The air was warm enough to remind people that Summer was still lurking around.  But, an underlying chill in the air ...

Drove from Fresno to San Francisco today, an easy 5 hour drive.   On the way through Madera we passed a market, so had to stop. All the signs and prices were in Spanish - wish we had Josh with us to translate! He stayed in the car - funnily enough he ...

... 't afford to eat or that we'd have to spend the night sleeping in the car. Merced is about one hour North of Fresno and throughout the whole journey we were passing mile after mile of almond trees, that thanks to the unseasonably warm weather were already ...

... the sun has gone down and we need to decide where we're going to stop for the night. We pull in to Tulare and find a Days Inn, where I can piggyback on their wifi from the car park. An internet search tells us that there is little here to stop for and we ...

... it is crap. The best thing about it is the flyovers which appear to be more graceful than the surrounding houses and the actual name, Fresno - its a great name! Like Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Francisco, it just has a great sound to it. So we left it on ...

I made my way around Fresno, apparently voted the worst city in America to live and over to Visalia. From what the book said it was a good way-point into the Sequoia park region. I zipped by it in about 30 seconds and figured I'd just keep going as long ...

... hot as I would've experienced in Fresno.  While there were a lot of other attractions that distinguished Ashland from Fresno, I was convinced that the fabled Oregon weather that I'd heard so much about was just marketing. We enjoyed another delicious ...

... was brilliant and is the highlight of our trip so far. We left the park as the light was fading and drove north to Fresno on our way to Yosemite. We plan on visiting Yosemite tomorrow to check out the weather conditions to help plan our hiking trip ...

... . It was pretty impressive to see that many places already had pins on them. Unfortunately, he already had pins for San Jose and Fresno. While we couldn’t put pins in his map, we could swap stories with him about California. It turns out that he had ...

... and the appreciation and glimpse into the divine encouraged my soul. We even got to see the Tar Heels come back to beat Fresno State at the reception! The people I caught up with and the joy I shared were extremely encouraging after the separation in ...

... left the park after sunset arrived there about 8pm.  We picked a reasonable looking motel and checked in only to discover that Fresno wasn't the most salubrious city in the state and the motel room looked like one from a movie that you might be ...

... I am still up at 3:30 because I'll be waking up in no time and I'll really miss this WWOOFing experience. I spoiled her as hard as the work can be. (My right hand is still strained.) I'm the last one up, so tired though. Good night. Fresno tomorrow night! ...