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Travelog
Our daily road trip blog.
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June 8: Crater Lake & Portland, OR
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Today we were only about an 1 1/2 hours away from Crater Lake. Our plan was to get there and take the boat tour out to what is know as Wizard Island. Unfortunately, the boat doesn't start running until about July...why you ask, well because the national park is still covered with a ton of snow!
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Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 2:53 PM by Amanda
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June 7: Travel day- Medford, OR
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Today we headed out early to make our way towards Crater Lake National Park. We basically drove most the day and stayed over night in the little town of Medford, about 90 miles north of Redding.
We did cross into another state today, so be sure to check out the "On the Road" ga
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Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 2:33 PM by Amanda
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June 6: Sequoia & Kings Canyon N.P.
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Today we left early from Yosemite N.P. to head towards Sequioa & Kings Canyon National Park.
We arrived and set up camp at Azalea campground, in the Grant Grove part of the park. We drove down to Giant Forest to see all the "famous" sequoias.
Wow! These are some
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Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:08 AM by Amanda
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June 5: Yosemite N.P.
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This morning we got up and headed back to Yosemite Village to catch the "free" shuttle bus. We took the bus to Mirror Lake & Happy Isles.
Happy Isles is where 3 streams merge into one. It was a pretty neat to watch that. There is an easy trail that walks along the streams
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Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2003 10:55 AM by Amanda
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June 4: Yosemite
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Today we were off to an early start!
On our way to Yosemite Village we drove passed a BEAR and her cub. Mike backed up so we could get a better view, but they were on their way back into the forest...sorry no pictures. We said "Hey Bear" from the car.
We arrived at the
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Posted on Friday, June 06, 2003 2:16 PM by Amanda
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June 3: Yosemite N.P.
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We had a late start this morning, probably due to lack of sleep.
Today we spent most of the day tooling around Yosemite & Curry Village. We hiked the 1/2-mile trail to Lower Yosemite Falls, preparing ourselves for the crazy hike we were going to take tomorrow. It is so beautiful! You
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Posted on Friday, June 06, 2003 2:00 PM by Amanda
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June 2: Yosemite National Park
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This morning we left the little town of Stockon, CA and headed for Yosemite N.P.
After arriving we set up camp and headed down to Yosemite Village. He headed back for dinner and then hid all our food so Mr. Bear, who we are told is active in our campsite, would not bother us.
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Posted on Friday, June 06, 2003 1:53 PM by Amanda
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June 1: San Francisco and beyond
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89° Mostly Sunny
This morning we headed to Starbucks to update the website for all our fans. :-) Then we headed across the Golden Gate Bridge, we found a great little turn off for pictures.
Then we stopped off in the cute little down of Sausalito! We ate lunch at Sausalito Ta
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Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:26 PM by Amanda
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May 31: San Francisco
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<i>74° Mostly Sunny</i>
Having seen just about all of the wharf area yesterday, we started today with our first cable car ride. We headed first to the Cable Car museum to see how the cable cars work. It was really pretty interesting. The cars are basically pulled all ove
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Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2003 2:18 PM by Michael
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May 30: San Francisco
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<i>70° Mostly Sunny</i>
Usually when people build up something like a restaurant or movie my expectations are so inflated that the actual event rarely lives up to the hype. I’ve talked to several people about San Francisco and I never heard a negative comment. Nothing neg
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Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2003 2:05 PM by Michael
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
--- Mark Twain
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