Yosemite is FULL!
(try clicking on the pictures if you want to see them larger)
Full of Spectacular Views
Full of Really BIG TREES!
Full of FAMILIES
and CARS!!…..
MORE VIEWS
and ROOTS……
some of which are pretty hard to leave
Posted on June 27th, 2008 by dianagene
Filed under: U.S. Trip | 107 Comments »
When you don’t think you can drive any higher, the grade starts to get really steep. It reminded me of that scene in Ricky & Lucy’s The Long Long Tailor when Ricky attempts to pull the souvenir rock laden mobile home up and over the continental divide in Colorado with his mega-sized convertible. I never [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by dianagene
Filed under: U.S. Trip | 11 Comments »
Driving through panoramas of purple mountain’s majesty melting into shimmering mirages on the wide and flat valley floors, we are almost mesmerized by the cloudless skies and the endless acres of sage. The van dips and sways with the slight rise and fall of the asphalt and it rocks, rocks, rocks us into a dreamy [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by dianagene
Filed under: U.S. Trip | 6 Comments »
I was born in Utah many years ago (some of you know how long ago that was and for the rest of you, it’s none of your business), but I’ve never before stopped in St George which is found in the extreme southwest corner of the state.
What a beautiful desert area this is! My super [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2008 by dianagene
Filed under: U.S. Trip | 15 Comments »
Aw the good ‘ol LA Basin. Smog, freeways everywhere, traffic jams, XXXpensive gas, skywriting welcoming Tori & Dean back home, heat, noise, teeeeeeeRafffICK! AND, every kind of food you could imagine (Chicken & Waffles!), truly nice people, actually fabulous weather this time of year, great beaches, beautiful people (amongst us regular ones), wonderful plant life, [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2008 by dianagene
Filed under: U.S. Trip | 47 Comments »
We took the back-country route out of Klamath Falls south to Lassen Volcanic Natitonal Park. We started on Hwy 39, which turned into Hwy 139 once in California, then turned right on Hwy 299 to Hwy 89 which led to the Park. Pretty interesting huh! We had perfect weather and fab views of Mt McLoughlin [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by dianagene
Filed under: U.S. Trip | 15 Comments »
We loaded the van, made 1,700 trips to the dumpster, sloshed allot of Comet on all enamel surfaces, put the old Kirby to work for the last time, dropped the keys in the apartment manger’s door slot and
LEFT - DROVE OFF - DEPARTED!!!!
In spite of only getting 5 hours of sleep, we were jubilant. Even [...]
Posted on June 1st, 2008 by dianagene
Filed under: U.S. Trip | 53 Comments »