Yosemite
That is the best place on earth. Well, at least one of the best ones. Waterfalls are awesome, the breathtaking nature, trails, all is just great. One should come a bit early in order to get some kind of parking. But all is very well organized. You get to park your car at the parking spot and off you go with a shuttle anywhere in the park. You get off and wonder around, get back to the bus and off to the next stop. The waterfalls are just right there. To some one should go a little, to some a lot, but one can always see them. We have managed to get very close to the lower Yosemite one. And please do notice, all of us. So we have climbed up and down and so did Masha and David. And that was just awesome.
Yosemite park has everything: snow in the middle of summer, dears, squirrels, and the bears. And the sign BEWARE OF BEAR is not for fun. Because... there are bears. And we have seen one! Yes we did. And we are very proud of that.
At the certain point me and the kids almost lost Morten, but we were in more advantage position: we knew where the car was, we had the keys and the money. But... we managed to find him. So all was good at the end.
Death Valley
No wonder it is called death valley. Have you tried it? We did and we are not! doing it again. It was hot. Hot like hell. 115F (46 C) and that is at 6 p.m. It was hot. And miles and miles of roads with no cars, just us. And then there was our hotel in the middle or the desert.
Death Valley has lot and lots of sand, rocks and salt. That is about it. It is a very strange place. The strange experience has been for us as we were driving from the picture full of life, snow, water, green trees, to heat and nothing just in the matter of 5 hours. That is awesome and strange.
As we looked at it then we do agree with U.Chris that one should not visit Death Valley in summer and we look at it that way: been there, done that, never going to do so again.
Fun experience: the swimming-pool in Death Valley had to be cooled down, yes! cooled down to 28 degrees with ice!
Las Vegas
When you drive and drive in the desert suddenly there are lights... Las Vegas... It is just unrealistically fun. Everyone has seen pictures of Las Vegas, but it is way different to be there. The light, the experience, people, casinos, shopping center, Caesar Palace, restaurants with the casinos, it is different and unique.
Even our hotel had casino in the restaurant. Kids were not allowed to be at the casino but there were allowed to pass by, so we had an opportunity to see what it is like.
The shopping center are crazy: a little Venice is just right there with channels and gondolas. That is just fun.
And the nights! Oh, the nights. Las Vegas never sleeps. It is full of lights and noise and life. Oh, I love this city.
And of course, the hardest choice one might face in this city to chose between if Elvis or McGraw should marry one.
Palm Springs
And then again on the road again. This time to sunny Palm Springs. The mission was to relax and not to see anything. However we ended up going via some kind of desert, again, visiting Joshua tree National Park and as a bonus taking a cable car to the top of the mountain. All in one day. The cable car was the funniest experience as you get from 35 degrees to about 22 degree, and all the was 8529 foot (2,5 km). That was just great. And the view. Breathtaking.
Do you know how many wind meals Americans can have in one tiny place? The answer is... MANY, VERY MANY and densely packed.
San Diego
And then we were off to San Diego. As one can notice, we have started our blog in San Diego and now we were back here. We love San Diego and trust me, David has been dreaming about coming back to Sea World for years so here we are.
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