I had been to Salt Lake City once before to visit the parents of a friend when I was about 20 years old, and I remembered it as being a beautiful city, with wide avenues and flowers on every street corner, so I was looking forward to finding out if it had changed much. I’m so happy to report that SLC is much as it ever was, perhaps grown a bit larger, but still one of the nicest cities I’ve…
Ok, enough time spent in California, there was a lot more of the country to see, so it was time to start heading back east again! Immediately after leaving the Jelly Belly factory, I headed up into the Sierra Nevada mountains toward Donner Pass, where many pioneers came through the mountains on their way to California. There was a statue at the pass to commemorate all the pioneers who suffered the hardships of crossing the mountains and helped open up the…
One of the last things I had planned to do while my family was in the area was to visit Napa Valley with them. I’m not much of a wine drinker, although I do like a nice white wine sometimes in front of a fire, so I’m not very knowledgeable on the subject. But of course Napa Valley has a world wide reputation for outstanding wines, so it could only be an interesting experience to go there. Right? Well… maybe it…
First of all, if you don’t pronounce Yosemite as “yo-sa-might” in your head, then… well, you’re lying. Of course you do. Yosemite National Park is one of the most popular National Parks in the country, with over four million visitors every year. Which is a bit unfortunate. But let me start at the beginning.. Since we were staying in the same place for two nights, we decided to take the convertible and travel together to Yosemite, with a goal of…
I met up with my brother and sister-in-law in Visalia to travel with them for the next few days. The plan was to visit three National Parks, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite, and then continue on to Napa Valley. Our day at Sequoia was beautiful and sunny, not too hot or too cold. It was good to have people to travel with for a while, if only to have someone to say “Hey, look at that!” to! I’m guessing they…