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Today we visited Yosemite. It had been one of the highlights of our Honeymoon. Just as we had done 35 years ago, we rode the tram tour of the Mariposa Grove of sequoias. Among our favorites in the grove is The Faithful Couple, two trees of about the same age that have...
See Park Video On the way into Kings Canyon National Park we stopped at Grant's Grove and visited the General Grant tree as well as many other giant sequoias. The General Grant is the third largest tree in the world but it is the largest in diameter at 40.5 feet! Then...
Secrets of a Nat Park Video Said good bye to the Pacific Ocean this morning then began driving east through California's green and gold hills. Saw all sorts of agriculture: lots of vineyards, cattle operations, cotton fields, lemon groves, peaches, walnuts, and lots...
Spent the morning touring the Piedras Blanca (White Rock) Light Station. Established in the 19th Century, the lighthouse and foghorn aided navigation in the San Simeon area for many years. Today the area is used primarily for studies of native plants and animals....
We left Lou's residence at 6AM and spent the predawn negotiating twisty turning back roads heading for the coast and California Highway One. We drove the ninety mile stretch known as The Big Sur. It inspired us to stop at nearly every Vista Point to marvel at the...
Started the day by heading with Lou down to San Jose. We stopped along the way at a Home Depot to get some bricks for a project for Lou and a lunch of hot dogs. At The Tech Museum of Innovation we started our tour of the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit when they had to...
We drove south on US-101 trying to make time. We did stop at one California state park to drive through a giant redwood, but then scooted over to CA-1 at Olema and visited the campground where we stayed on our Honeymoon. Crossed the Golden Gate bridge into San...
Driving down US 101 we were awed by the Coastal Redwoods. These giant trees boggle the mind. We stopped to see one known just as Big Tree. It is 304 feet tall, 21.5 feet in diameter, and 1500 years old. We hiked in Stout's Grove, visited a tree hollowed by fire that...
Woke up in Nevada but then crossed the border into California and headed for Lassen Volcanic Park. Here volcanic history has occurred within the last 100 years and photos document the 1914-15 eruptions. Geothermal features such as mudpots, geysers, and fumaroles dot...
Do you know the way to San Jose? While poking around in gift shops on Tuesday we found a postcard of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California which both Meg and Steve had heard about so we opted to drive down early Wednesday morning. It's a fascinating 160...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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This isn’t truly our first port of call since no passengers can debark but coming into the harbor of Cartagena, Columbia gave the two of us our first view of the continent of South America. After just a couple hours we continued our journey, heading next to Panama.
A continuing theme of our preparations and transportation to the Port of New York at Red Hook Brooklyn has been snow, snow, and more snow but nonetheless less the journey has gone smoothly and by
As we prepare to leave tomorrow for our around the world adventure we’re still not caught up on the blogs from the last big adventure.