Some mad guys and an M6
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 Posted in Cars | No Comments »I found this on autoblog.nl. Jeez these guys are nuts. Also check out the acceleration of the M6 wow!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWhkGybzzIw
Trip back to San Francisco
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »Today we went back to San Francisco. After a last visit to Monterey's Fisherman's Warf we were off around noon. It was a 2.5 hours drive to San Francisco. We needed to get gas, so we took an early exit ...
Whale Watching Trip
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »On Monday we went on a long awaited trip to go whale watching. It was an early start, because we had to be at the pier at 8am. It better be fun!
Redding - Trip to Monterey
Monday, September 10th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »After a nice stay at the Travelodge in Redding we drove to Monterey today. It was a 500 km drive, which took some 4.5 hours. The drive was quite uneventful. The most impressive was the crossing of the Bay close ...
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Monday, September 10th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »(updated 12 Sept) We left Reno on sept 8th and headed north towards Susanneville and after that Lassen National Park. This brought close (but not to close) to the Plumas National Forrest, which was burning badly. The air was very smokey. Hopefully ...
Lake Tahoe
Monday, September 10th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »(updated Sept 12) From Reno we made a day trip to lake Tahoe. Again we drove over a pass road (2400m) to reach Crystal bay on lake Tahoe. We stopped in Tahoe city. These pictures were taken from the waterfront. It is ...
Sonora - Sonora pass
Monday, September 10th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »(Updated Sept 12) After our last day in Yosemite we spent the night in Sonora. From Sonora we went to Reno. We took the highway over the Sonora pass. The highest point of the pass is almost 3000m, which was incredible! The road ...
Second day in Yosemite
Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »Today we left our hotel in Fishcamp and drove to Yosemite Valley again. After that we took Highway 120 east (Tioga Pass Road). After a few miles this brought us to one of the most beautiful views yet. White rocks, ...
First day in Yosemite
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »Update (5-sept) Today was our first day in Yosemite National Park. The roads were twisty and the views killing :-) Thanks to the location of our hotel, the drive up to the entrance was only 5 minutes. After entering the park we ...
To Yosemite
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 Posted in Travel | No Comments »Today we left Selma and drove to Fishcamp which is very close to the entrance of Yosemite. It was only approx 100 km drive, so it was a short trip (compared to the 9 hours we did yesterday!). The hotel ...