Life's about experiences. These are mine.
DAY 5 – Yosemite (0 miles driven, 10.97 miles walked) After the last few days of miserable drizzle and downpours it was nice to wake to dry weather and the prediciton of it being dry all day. It did somewhat remind me of the “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” song: Wait a minute, it’s stopped hailing …
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DAY 4 – South Lake Tahoe to Evergreen Yosemite (124 miles driven, 4.40 miles walked) It was another grey day in California when we awoke in South Lake Tahoe. This was a shame as we never really saw the lake in all its glory as it was constantly shrouded in cloud. Oh well another time. …
DAY 3 – San Francisco to South Lake Tahoe (188 miles driven, 3.12 miles walked) Getting a decent cup of tea in the US is something akin to the quest for the Holy Grail, therefore it was great to start the day today as Peet’s Coffee which made a very passable cupper. The concept of …
DAY 2 – San Francicso (0 miles driven, 10.99 miles walked) California has been struggling with the weather over the last few months suffering drought conditions and a number of fires. It was therefore somewhat ironic that today has been pretty wet. Not just a bit of drizzle but properly hammering it down. Some roads …
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DAY 1 – London to San Francicso (5368 miles flown, 4.31 miles walked) It’s been a long time coming but we are finally on our way back to the US! I’ve always been an anxious traveller worrying about whether I have the right things with me before we go. Helen says, although I am not …
As usual with our trips I take many more photos than I can upload while I am away. I have now uploaded the best of the many I have taken to my Flickr account but you can also see them below. Click on the thumbnail to expand. New York Washington
The last day of a holiday is always sad because you’ve got to pack, get a flight home, go back to work etc. but as our flight wasn’t until the evening we had pretty much a full day left. Hurrah! We chose to spend that time close to the hotel exploring Georgetown. If Washington DC …
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Today we hit the other end of the Mall taking the Circulator down to Union station as our start point. The station is a destination in itself irrespective of whether you are taking the train. It has shops, a food hall, a beautiful entrance hall and even some trains. We walked out from the station …
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Washington came as refreshing change after New York. I really enjoyed the days we spent in NYC but I also found it claustrophobic. Washington on the other hand feels fresh and clean. The roads are wide, there are plenty of green spaces and it seems much less regimented. This, our first day here, was spent …
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There are plenty of iconic sights in New York that people can recite without thinking but it is always good to find something a little bit unusual to do on a trip and today’s walk along the High Line was certainly that. The High Line is a stretch of disused railway that ran above the …
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