Monthly Archives: August 2012
Salt Lake Valley — “The valley that no one else wanted”
FRIDAY, August 3rd. We woke up so late, we hardly made it to the breakfast buffet. Which would have been a huge mistake. Complimentary breakfast in this hotel means a breakfast playground with make-your-own stations for fresh squeezed juice, waffles, pancakes… cooked-to-order omelets and pretty much every breakfast-related food you can think of. Trying … Continue reading
Great Basin
THURSDAY, August 2nd. If Reno taught us anything, it was to get out of there as soon as possible! We got a relatively early start hoping to reach Utah by dinner time. Route 80 gave us a nice break from admiring the landscape. Sure, desert has it’s own beauty, but it gets dull real … Continue reading
Yosemite
WEDNESDAY, August 1st. Day 5 on the road. We got our Americanos at the sassy espresso place and hit the road. Staying another night in California was out of the question. But so was missing Yosemite. This was going to be our goodbye to California. The Ahwahnee in Yosemite Village welcomed us with a … Continue reading
The Redemption of San Francisco
TUESDAY, July 31st San Francisco deserved another chance. I had idolized it way too long to leave this city associated in my memory with wind burns and frost bites. To restock our food supply for the rest of the trip we visited the European Market on Clement Street. I found a box of “Tallinn” … Continue reading
The Bay Area
MONDAY, July 30th. Third day on the road. And we have not yet moved an inch closer to the East Coast. Maybe it’s the San Andreas Fault pulling us north?! Of course, this close to San Francisco, it made no sense to change direction… Driving north on Skyline Drive we stopped at Thornton Beach … Continue reading
From Carmel Valley To Los Gatos
SUNDAY, July 29th. We woke up with the sunrise to scenery that looked like a painting on someone’s wall. The fog rolling in over the mountains with a clear blue sky in the background looked absolutely magical. The air was surprisingly crisp, but the promise of more amazing views and a craving for a … Continue reading
Leaving L.A.
SATURDAY, July 28th We got out of Los Angeles by noon. Our first planned stop being the Santa Barbara Pistachio Farm in Ventucopa. We had bought their incredible pistachios at the Santa Monica farmers market and started to run out… If you haven’t tried their pistachios, you have no idea what a terrifying feeling that … Continue reading
L.A. recap
The last week flew by at the speed of light! I was trying to enjoy as much of L.A. as possible before hitting the road and once we did, we just happened to stop at locations with very limited phone and internet service. Here’s a quick recap of Los Angeles, before moving on to the … Continue reading