May 31st, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
At beakfast we chatted with Pamela the innkeeper and her partner and another couple from Dallas who were staying at the Big Creek Inn, and then left at around 9.45, after a very pleasant few days.
The drive into and out of Yosemite and up through the Tioga pass was spectacular. The sky was a [...]
May 30th, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
Bright sunshine all day. At breakfast our hostess Pamela mentioned that she’d had a notification from Google of a link to her website (Hi Pamela!) from this blog.
Pamela suggested a hike and lent us a book detailing the route. We drove up the Glacier Point road and parked near the Sentinel Dome. [...]
May 29th, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
Bright and sunny all day. After beakfast we drove into the park. It’s at least 40 minutes driving from the park entrance to the tunnel, but when you exit the tunnel you get a spectaular view of the valley walls and floor. We stopped to admire it, then carried on to Bridalveil [...]
May 28th, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
Walked down a trail from the cabin to see the giant sequoias in Grant Grove. Looked at the General Grant tree and a number of others. Better views of the trees today, the weather being bright and clear.
We set off at about 10.30 for Yosemite – we had three nights booked at the [...]
May 27th, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
Got up, drove down the road and had breakfast of a coffee and an orange and cranberry scone at the Buckaroo. They had no bagels. Cake for breakfast is wrong, but we were hungry. We sat outside at a table by the river and watched some golden eagles soaring close by.
We filled [...]
May 26th, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
Checked out of Orchard Garden Hotel and walked up to the Alamo place to collect car. We were persuaded to upgrade to a ’small’ SUV, but when we saw it it was the size of a house and we still couldn’t get both cases in the trunk so we switched back to the Chevy.
Drove [...]
May 25th, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
A bright and sunny day. First thing, we caught a bus to Lombard Street. The bus passed through Chinatown where we saw a funeral procession – a line of cars driving slowly through the streets, lead by the Green Street Mortuary Band, and with the hearse strewing false paper money notes on the [...]
May 24th, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
Bought a muni travel pass and took the bus to the farmers market at the Ferry Building. Looked around the market and then took a streetcar to Fisherman’s Wharf and went round the Aquarium of the Bay. They have two large aquaria with glass tunnels so you can get a divers’-eye view of [...]
May 23rd, 2008 | by richard | published in Holiday 2008
We departed LHR this morning after a night at the nearby inaptly-named ‘Comfort’ Inn. Take-off was delayed an hour when the starboard wing began shedding quantities of fuel onto the runway, but we still arrived on time in SFO.
A cab from the airport to the Orchard Garden Hotel, and then strolled through Chinatown and went [...]
