I'm coming to terms with the reality that I'll probably never blog the rest of our summer road trip.� As it's November.� [eye roll]� But I can at least share the very end of it.� After heading down California...
I'm coming to terms with the reality that I'll probably never blog the rest of our summer road trip.� As it's November.� [eye roll]� But I can at least share the very end of it.� After heading down California along the coast, we came home inland, and visited different things on the way home.� Our last stop was Yosemite.��
I'm embarrassed to say we'd never been before.� It's only a few hours from us.��
Grammy and the girls wandered off for a bit.� I looked up from checking out a charred stump, and didn't know where they'd gone.� So I stayed put, knowing they'd come back to Matilda minivan at some point.� Grammy took this lakeside photo.
Next time we'll plan better.� But I'm usually a "roll with it" kinda gal, so that's what we did.� Lunch was a random assortment of things from one of the stores in the park.� Obviously not the most balanced or economical choice, but it kept us going.��
Okay, this one is outside the park.� The bear was outside a restaurant we ate at the night before Yosemite, in Oakhurst.
Our first get out and stretch your legs and experience some nature stop inside the park.
There was, of course, a raging fire when we were there, so the air quality was not great.
Matilda was quite a trooper through the whole 11 days.��
Grammy & the girls coming back from their lakeside adventure.
I'm really glad travel has come a long way since these vehicles.
They're quaint and all, but I like my a/c in the summertime.��
The night after Yosemite, we stayed in a cabin on the other (homeward) side of the park.��
They hand out s'mores kits every night.
Katie and Hannah in the cabin
Breakfast the next morning
We stopped in a little ghost town on the way home.
There were lots of rocks, so I thought of Brianna, who has an online rock shop.
Grammy hopped out to make friends with a flock of pea hens.� We saw peacocks, too, but I don't seem to have a picture of those.
Upon arrival at home.� We covered almost 1900 miles in 11 days, and saw 3 missions, 2 traveling exhibits, a botanical garden, 4 museums, a zoo, 2 ghost towns, 2 national parks, an art gallery, and 4 other major attractions (Hearst Castle, Winchester Mystery House, Santa Cruz Boardwalk, and La Brea Tar Pits).� Plus the little unplanned things, like the elephant seals on the beach, and license plates from 49 different places.��
It was a good trip.��
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