An update for those thinking of visiting California anytime soon.
We flew into San Francisco and spent 4 days in the bay area. The weather was "Special" with fog every day until the early afternoon. fortunately being Albertans and prepared for all weathers we had adequate clothing.
Alcatraz was amazing as was Sausalito. We really enjoyed riding the Trolley car up and down the hills whilst hanging onto the sides. Running was fun and heading out along the coast each day towards the bridge was nice.
Instead of Yosemite we took the advice of some of you people and went to Monterey where we spent 3 nights. We liked the town and really enjoyed the walks in the area. The Aquarium was very good as well and recommended.
We took the drive down to Hearst Castle which was fantastic, what an amazing collection of art. The drive back at sunset was beautiful.
Lake Tahoe next, there was some smoke in the area but not enough to make a real impact. You couldn't really get the view across the lake but it was enough to get the general impression. I would highly recommend Pope beach as a place to hang out, I learnt to SUP with the kids which was great fun.
The Rubicon trail was a pleasant hike and i would recommend visiting Vikingsholm if you like architecture at all, very nice.
final location was Eureka on the Northern Coast for the Giant Redwoods. Probably our favourite place during the trip, those trees are just beautiful.
Thanks for looking after us California and good luck with those fires. We didn't realize there were so many of them.
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We flew into San Francisco and spent 4 days in the bay area. The weather was "Special" with fog every day until the early afternoon. fortunately being Albertans and prepared for all weathers we had adequate clothing.
Alcatraz was amazing as was Sausalito. We really enjoyed riding the Trolley car up and down the hills whilst hanging onto the sides. Running was fun and heading out along the coast each day towards the bridge was nice.
Instead of Yosemite we took the advice of some of you people and went to Monterey where we spent 3 nights. We liked the town and really enjoyed the walks in the area. The Aquarium was very good as well and recommended.
We took the drive down to Hearst Castle which was fantastic, what an amazing collection of art. The drive back at sunset was beautiful.
Lake Tahoe next, there was some smoke in the area but not enough to make a real impact. You couldn't really get the view across the lake but it was enough to get the general impression. I would highly recommend Pope beach as a place to hang out, I learnt to SUP with the kids which was great fun.
The Rubicon trail was a pleasant hike and i would recommend visiting Vikingsholm if you like architecture at all, very nice.
final location was Eureka on the Northern Coast for the Giant Redwoods. Probably our favourite place during the trip, those trees are just beautiful.
Thanks for looking after us California and good luck with those fires. We didn't realize there were so many of them.
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