Bakersfield – an expensive day!
Odometer: approx. 60,800 Time: 08:00 We drive almost directly (without too many stops) to Bakersfield. HWY 395 leads us slowly down in elevation to a lower level over the first 120 miles. With each mile…
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Bodie – Mono Lake – Mammoth Lakes – Bishop
Odometer: 60,670 Time: 08:00 Time to leave this expensive town (even the gas is 60 Cents more expensive than in other cities here! We take HWY 395 south and then turn east towards Bodie. In…
Read MoreYosemite – Bridgeport
Odometer: 60,455 Time: 08:00 It will be a long day, therefore we have to leave Fresno early. We take HWY 41 north to Oakhurst where we fill up with a nice Starbucks (probably the last…
Read MoreSequoia National Park – Fresno
Odometer: 60,250 Time: 09:00 After a visit to the Jeep Dealership we head east again, the same road as yesterday until….. we miss a turn and only realize much later that we did not come…
Read MoreKings Canyon National Park – Fresno
Odometer: 60,042 Time: 09:15 HWY 180 east gets first through orchards again and then up to over 6,400 feet (1’950 Meter) elevation where the entrance to Kings Canyon National Park is. From there we soon…
Read MoreSequoia vs. Redwood Trees
As we are close to the Sequoia National Park, here upfront some facts about the Sequoia vs. Redwood Trees: Ancestral redwoods in the family Taxodiaceae (Bald Cypress) date back at least 175 million years and…
Read MoreFrom Tracy to Fresno
Odometer: 59,815Time: 09:00In the morning the temperature is still nice - it’s somewhere in the 80s F (ca. 27 Celsius). First on the HWY then on small roads we work our way inland towards Oakhearst…
Read MoreSan Francisco – Tracy
Odometer: 59,695 Time: 08:00 We drive around the bay to approach the Golden Gate Bridge from north. Before we get to the bridge we turn left to Fort Baker. The bridge is hiding behind thick…
Read MoreSonoma and Napa Valley – Vallejo
Odometer: approx. 59,600 Time: 09:00 Even here it is foggy in the morning. Therefore we don’t hurry. By the time we are ready to leave though the fog is clearing up and we soon have…
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