A road trip in California is not complete without a visit to Yosemite, one of the most beautiful National Parks of the USA and a World Heritage Site. Located on the slopes of Sierra Nevada, Yosemite is massive and multiple visits are needed to properly experience it. And for those with time constraints, 3 days in Yosemite is the perfect introduction to the Park! Yosemite is simply spectacular. There’s no other…
Mono Lake was on the list of things to do for our California road trip. It was an easy choice as it was right next to the route we planned on doing, coming from Yosemite National Park via Tioga Road and heading south along the Eastern Sierra towards Death Valley National Park. We had seen pictures of the famous and odd Tufa formations, but only after seeing the lake for ourselves we…
Going somewhere named Death Valley may not sound like the brightest idea, especially during Summer time. Well, we did it and it’s not that bad, except maybe for temperatures over 40 ºC. Nothing major. To put things into perspective, Death Valley is just the lowest, driest, and hottest area in North America. What? Yes, but it’s also part of a spectacular national park with plenty of things to do and see, even in…
Everyone enjoys a good old western. Gold rush inspired flicks by the thousands, with saloons full of fortune seekers shooting each other. Well, those days are long gone and today all that’s left is a handful of ghost towns trying to preserve this kind of history and heritage, namely in California. Two summers ago we visited one of the most interesting gold-mining ghost towns – Bodie. Bodie ghost town lies in…
Back in 2012 we did a fairly long USA trip and our first stop was Atlanta, in the state of Georgia. Our first purpose was to visit family living there but also to get to know a different side of the country. During one of our incursions into downtown Atlanta, we went to one of the most visited attraction of the city – the Georgia Aquarium. Lovely place! For the whole time we were…
