Blogs from Yosemite National Park, California, United States, North America - page 38

Saturday, 3rd June 2007 - Yosemite National Park. Today was another long day of driving, although this time with quite a few stops along the way, as we spent the majority of the day driving through Yosemite National Park, so we were making lots of sightseeing stops. I did the driving today, which while tiring, was good. Yosemite is a gorgeous park and made me desperate to explore further the national parks of the US and specifically Canada, which I'll try to do on one of my next trips! There were some pretty amazing roads to drive, as we pretty much drove up to the top of the valley, then down into it and out again. Good thing I'm not afraid of heights..... Its full of pine trees and as its only just the end ... read more

Yosemite National Park; the Heart of the Sierra Nevada. Everyone I had spoken to had said that it was the most beautiful place in the world so I was pretty excited to be spending some time there on a 2-night, 3-day camping trip. We were scheduled to leave at the ungodly hour of 6.45am so I duly borrowed someone's phone from the hostel to wake me up, it didn't work. Luckily I woke up at about 6.30 stared stupidly at the time, swore, jumped out of bed, panicked, swore some more, brushed my teeth, panicked, threw on some clothes and barrelled down the road to the pick up point where the bus was late! The group that I was going with was great, we all got on really well and it wasn't long before we were ... read more

Now, for those of you that don't know.......and I didn't......Yosemite is a national park, based around an impressive glacial valley, and home to the world's 5th largest waterfall. The bus ride was relatively uneventful....ooohh except for some WEIRD coincidences. There were 4 of us on the trip and the 2 strangers were british guys. I got chatting to them and quickly discovered that they were from near Bristol (something Jen often said) Living in Wotton Under Edge Bristol is the safest bet for people actually recognising it! Further chat revealed that they too were from Wotton, and even more scarily from Charfield (Jen's little village!) And that they knew of her! That exclaimed over, chat continued.....only to discover there was more spookiness at work! One of the guys was just chatting generally and dropped in ... read more

------------------------------------------------- Da jeg skrev kommentaren til d. 22. havde jeg lige glemt at disse to tekster var færdige. ------------------------------------------------- Mandag d. 23/4 (dag 7) Efter en nat, hvor vi er blevet varmet rigtig godt igennem, er vi klar til se hvad dagen bringer. "Gennemvarm" betyder i dette tilfælde at varmeanlægget kørte på ret høje omdrejninger, fordi vi ikke havde fået sat det ordenligt op. Jeg lå ellers længe og ventede på at Heidi skulle få nok, og stå ud af sengen og gå de 2 etager ned og slå anlægget fra, men nej. Det er jo en mande-ting... Efter gårsdagens lidt nedtursagtige seen virkeligheden i øjnene, har vi idag fået lidt mental oprejsning. Vejret er klaret op, og vi har fået bekræftet at der er blevet åbnet i "Mariposa Grove" hvor kæmpe Seqoia træerne står, ... read more

The forests were beautiful, the trees huge, the trails awesome, and the riverfront camping peaceful. We ran out of things to do, or we just decided to be american and move on quickly in search of slightly warmer southern climates, and took off after 2 nights. We kamakaziied our way toward Yosemite, stopping in "Australia" to pick up some Aussie hats (which, awkwardly, only make us look like we really are from Texas. picture coming soon, i'm sure. Yeehaw). We slept at a Walmart (no laughing...free overnight parking lots are not to be overlooked...especially when you can wake up, walk inside, and come back out with those little powdered sugar donuts). We made it into Yosemite, got a campsite for 3 nights, (with no hookups...there's no electricity for campers in the whole park), and settled ... read more