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Rev. Griz
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Distant Shores of the Great Salt Lake
Joined: Jun 22, 2006
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On 2006-07-12 00:14, ehrie wrote:
On 2006-07-11 21:26, Rev. Griz wrote:
Ich wuerde auf deutsch schreiben, aber klar sprechen sie English veil besser als ich Deutsch spreche :)
I can't add much to the tiki recommendations, but I can recommend a few spots to see. Coming down the coast from San Francisco, there's Santa Cruz, Monterey, Big Sur. Make sure you stop to see some of the Redwood groves, they are the tallest trees in the world and only grow in a small area down the California coast. A little farther south there's a little town called Cambria which is really nice. Farther south and inland some is an interesting little place called Solvang. You can find out more about these places on the internet.
When you're in Yosemite, make sure to go to the Sequoia grove at the south end of the park. Sequoias are related to redwoods and are the second tallest but largest tree in the world. They only grow in some thrity small groves in the Sierra Nevada in California. There are some big ones in Yosemite, but if you want to see the biggest tree in the world, you'll have to go south to Giant Forest in Sequoia national park. If you leave Yosemite and go towards Fresno, you can pick up the highway into King's Canyon national park. There is a road, I think it's called the King's Highway, that goes south through King's Canyon into Sequoia park. It's a beautiful drive through the high mountains.
If you are camping in the national parks in the Sierra Nevada mountains, they are NOT KIDDING when they say to put all food and anything that smells out of site in a bear box. Every time I've been there I've seen someone who didn't think they were serious have a bear rip the windows out of their car and tear into their ice chests. Yes, the bears there know what an ice chest is.
...we heard so much about the beautiful landscape of Nevada and California, and we are looking forward the giant trees, canyons and the landscape in common. If we are not able to find a well-priced motel -camping with the bears is surely an option. Ok, I make a comment on my holidaylist "don´t forget the bowieknife for Yosemite" :wink:
Vielleicht werden sie kein Englisch in Yosemite im Sommer sprechen, es ist voll von Deutschlaender :)
Das ist genau das, was wir im Yosemite-Park nicht sehen wollen…;-) (Germans?!, that´s exactly what we don´t want to see… hahaha)
Heheheh, kein problem, sie werden viele Japanischer auch sehen :)
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