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…
I think that I went to Death Valley National Park more to say that I had done it than because I really expected to like it much. I was in for a bit of a surprise, because the variety that I found there was incredible, unlike any desert I’ve been in before. The valley is also very accessible, with good roads running though the center, but plenty of off-roading opportunities too. Interestingly, I at first missed the point that Death…
Let me say up front, that I’m just not a Las Vegas kind of person. I don’t think that will come as a surprise to anyone! I’ve always trashed it as being very artificial, and the fact that it’s the first place that most Australians want to visit in the US has always annoyed me, because it’s the least typical place in the US. But here’s my confession… I had never actually been there, just knew it by reputation. So…