Bear sighting 5
22 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
After dinner we wandered down to the beach and 901 was coming along with her 3 COYs. We watched them for about an hour before she turned around and led them back down the peninsula away from us.
Brooks Camp
22 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A really slow start today, who would have thought I would have a lie in a tent?
After breakfast we walked out to the falls again. We heard there was a porcupine but we didn’t see it.
We hung out Czytaj więcej
Bear sighting 6
23 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The top of a head and 2 blond fluffy ears waggling off into the woods. We continued down our path and stopped to watch the birds on the bridge and the bear popped out of the other side of the forest. Czytaj więcej
Last full day at Brooks Camp
24 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
I was awoken early for beaver 🦫 spotting. We got up around 5.15am and walked to the bridge. We hung around watching the scenery and wildlife, fortunately it wasn’t raining. Just after 6am we saw Czytaj więcej
Bear sighting 7
24 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We were just sitting on the bridge when we saw a bear coming out onto the spit. We watched it walk out along the spit into the lake, leaping after seagulls.
It then came back into land and mooched Czytaj więcej
Bear sighting 8
25 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
901 and her 3 cubs were out on the beach this morning. The small cubs were up on their hind legs play fighting with each other.
We only saw them from a distance.
Last morning at brooks
25 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
We awoke to pouring rain 🌧️, not what we wanted on tent pack up day. Never mind 🤷♀️. I got all the bags I had brought for this eventuality and we got everything packed down and into the Czytaj więcej
Bear sightings 9
25 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Just as we got back on the bridge I saw a big male to the left in the marsh area. We watched him for a while as he ate grass and swam across the river. This is the first big male we’ve seen and he Czytaj więcej
Cleaning in Anchorage
26 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Today we spent the whole day cleaning, drying and packing the camping gear ready to be sent back to New Zealand tomorrow.
Everything was scrubbed with cleaning fluid and no dirt or bugs could be Czytaj więcej
Anchorage
27 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
The suitcase delivery guy came at 9am to collect the bag to ship it back home. Once that was gone, we caught the bus into Anchorage to have breakfast at Snow City Cafe.
Unfortunately when we got Czytaj więcej
Anchorage to San Francisco
28 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
After hardly any sleep, I got up at 2.30am and into the Uber at 3.15am for the ride to the airport.
That’s the end of the Alaska leg of the trip but on to California.
The plane took off on time Czytaj więcej
Golden Gate and Muir Woods
29 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
After helping ourselves to plenty of free breakfast pastries 🥐 (we will do even better tomorrow) and coffee we got ready and went to Louis Diner for breakfast (second breakfast?).
We then walked Czytaj więcej
San Francisco
30 czerwca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We had breakfast in Loris diner and then walked through China Town and the Italian quarter towards Fisherman’s Wharf.
We went in the museum of mechanical things and played some of the games. We Czytaj więcej
San Francisco to Wawona
1 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Up really early and onto the BART by 7.15am. We travelled through to Oakland international airport and then caught the rental car shuttle. The rental car centre has moved since we were last here and Czytaj więcej
Sentinel Dome and Taft Point Hike
2 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Up early, again, and left the house by 6.15am. As we pulled onto the main highway I couldn’t believe how much traffic there was. I’ve never seen so many cars at that time of day in Yosemite.
We Czytaj więcej
Taft Point part 3
2 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Photos
Taft Point part 2
2 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Photos
Yosemite Valley
3 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Another early start to get a car park at Yosemite Lodge. Once parked we had a leisurely breakfast in the Basecamp Eatery before going on the lower falls trail to see Yosemite Falls. The huge amount of Czytaj więcej
Mariposa Grove
4 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
A little later start as we only had a short drive to Mariposa Grove. We caught the shuttle bus 2 miles from the car park and then followed the Grizzly Giant trail through the large trees 🌲.
After Czytaj więcej
Mirror Lake
5 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Another 4am start to get a car park in the valley, this time at Curry Village. We went in Peets coffee and had our breakfast before setting off walking towards Mirror Lake.
Due to the excessive Czytaj więcej
Last day in Yosemite Valley…for now
6 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Yet another 4am start and a car park at Yosemite Lodge. We had breakfast in the Basecamp Eatery (I forgot my bacon). We then set off on our self designed valley loop. Unfortunately we encountered Czytaj więcej
Yosemite to Morro Bay
7 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
A later start than the last few days and then a 4.5 hour drive to Morro Bay. We stopped at a random petrol station along the way for Mexican snacks.
Once we had checked in to the Pleasant Inn we Czytaj więcej
Morro Bay
8 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
We set out north along Highway 1 at 9am. We stopped at Moonstone Beach for a look at the ocean before continuing to Hearst Castle. We decided to not go in Hearst Castle due to the tour timing system Czytaj więcej
Morro Bay to Monterey
9 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
After breakfast we had a last walk around Morro Bay and saw some seals. Around 10.30am we set off driving to Monterey and arrived around 1pm. Unfortunately they couldn’t do an early check in or Czytaj więcej
Big Sur
10 lipca 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
After breakfast we piled into the car and headed towards the Big Sur. Our first stop was Los Lobos reserve (after deciding we didn’t want to go). We walked along the cliff tops and beaches looking Czytaj więcej























































































































































































































