Sequoia 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…
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Kings Canyon National Park – Fresno
/ 17 years agoOdometer: 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
/ 17 years agoAs 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
/ 17 years agoOdometer: 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
/ 17 years agoOdometer: 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
/ 17 years agoOdometer: 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…
Read MoreTomales Bay – Reyes Lighthouse – Petaluma
/ 17 years agoOdometer: 59,445 Time: 09:00 To complete our trip on HWY 1 all the way to San Francisco, we drive out to the coast again. First we quickly visit Dillon Beach, a very small village with…
Read MorePacific Coast – Santa Rosa
/ 17 years agoOdometer: 59,280 Time: 08:30 As predicted, it is foggy. The higher the difference between the temperature of the air and the one of the sea (which is about 52 F (11 Celsius) year round) the…
Read MorePacific Coast – Redwoods – Fort Bragg
/ 17 years agoOdometer: 59,100 Time: 08:30 It’s very cold and foggy. We take HWY 101 south and then turn right towards Cape Mendocino a small curvy road passing through Ferndale an old victorian town which is very…
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