We picked up a local newspaper in the hotel in Cambria before we left as there was a picture of a dead whale that had been washed ashore. Despite the warnings in the paper that it smelt a bit, we drove the 2 miles up the coast to San Simeon to find it. It did … Continue reading
The plan for Monday was to head into Kings Canyon to see the deepest canyon in the USA but most of the scenic byway is closed due to snow, although we still haven’t seen much evidence of it. We went as far as we could and it is certainly a long way down (10,ooo ft … Continue reading
The Little One is pet-obsessed. We had a tank of fish and a water snail at home (sadly the snail jumped out of the tank and died a couple of weeks back – we have yet to have a full state funeral for it, but I can see it will be necessary when we get … Continue reading
This is a short one as I should be writing more about our adventures in California but I thought these might make you smile. From my lovely husband this week whilst in Sequoia National Park: “Standing in front of one of those giant Sequoias makes you look really slim!” Hmmm. And from my lovely girls: … Continue reading
The drive to Sequoia National Park took a lot longer than we expected. This was partly bad planning on our part and partly as we had to stop to buy more clothes for the girls who needed another pair of shorts and some t-shirts and underwear. Taking 2 children on an adventure like this is … Continue reading
We tried to drive up to Glacier Point on Friday morning. Nobody was sure whether it would be open so we decided to take the chance. There didn’t seem to be much snow about but it was still closed for the Winter. It turned out that it opened that afternoon but the drive up was … Continue reading
This might just be the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. The granite mountains against the blue of the sky and the green of the trees is awe-inspiring. We’ve come at a good time too. It’s early Spring here – the deciduous trees are just beginning to come into bud and the meadows are yet … Continue reading
It was a long drive to Yosemite from San Francisco but the girls were very happy to find that we had a DVD player in the hire car (it’s a massive truck thing, with enough room for us all to comfortably live in for the rest of the holiday!) We’ve so far managed to avoid … Continue reading
You may already have the feeling that we really like San Francisco. I have a sneaky feeling that my lovely husband has us here sussing out whether we’d like it enough to live here – there’s lots of work for engineers and he already has all the contacts… Anyway, it would not be a bad … Continue reading
Just a quick post with a couple of pictures as I’m supposed to be participating in a teleconference right now… (It’s 4am here!) Yesterday we went to a massive farmers market in the Ferry Building, right on the Bay front. The food was fantastic and I just wanted to share a picture of the girls … Continue reading
