2 days around Yosemite
Jan 25th, 2019 | 05:52 AM
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2 days around Yosemite
Visiting Yosemite for 3 days in June 2019. We have another 1 or 2 days before going to SAN Francisco
How & where to spend. Suggestions pls
How & where to spend. Suggestions pls
Jan 25th, 2019 | 06:27 AM
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Where are you coming from to Yosemite? It is possible to get to Yosemite without a rental car from either Los Angeles or San Francisco. If you are in Las Vegas, fly to Fresno and rent a car at the FAT airport.
There are YARTS (Yosemite Area Regional Transit System) routes from both Fresno and Merced.
There are YARTS (Yosemite Area Regional Transit System) routes from both Fresno and Merced.
Jan 25th, 2019 | 06:43 AM
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I'll ignore the FAT/YARTS issues 
(I assume you will have a car -- right? ). . . . But the no brainer would be Hwy 49 Gold Country. Columbia State Park, various wine regions with vineyards, wineries, tasting rooms all up and down the corridor (especially around Plymouth), Gold Rush towns/villages, Caves, mines etc.
(I assume you will have a car -- right? ). . . . But the no brainer would be Hwy 49 Gold Country. Columbia State Park, various wine regions with vineyards, wineries, tasting rooms all up and down the corridor (especially around Plymouth), Gold Rush towns/villages, Caves, mines etc.
Jan 25th, 2019 | 07:57 AM
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For 1-2days I like Janis' suggestions - a few days in wine country for example. Assuming you'll have your small child with you as on previous trips.
Another alternative is to spend the few days in the Carmel or Monterey area.
As for lush green fields, by June very little if any of CA is lush & green. The natural landscape of rolling grassy hills will have turned brown by then.
Another alternative is to spend the few days in the Carmel or Monterey area.
As for lush green fields, by June very little if any of CA is lush & green. The natural landscape of rolling grassy hills will have turned brown by then.
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Jan 25th, 2019 | 10:37 AM
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Gold country on CA49 makes a lot of sense. Janis thumbnail description is good. Lake Tahoe is completely different. The drive over Tioga pass is worthwhile, but will it be open in June? A detour to the Bodie State Historical Park could be included, but it would require more than 1 day, Even two days means just driving around to Lake Tahoe with an overnight stop and then driving on to SF. Little time for stops.
Jan 25th, 2019 | 02:13 PM
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On your various thread you have mentioned 'green and lush' several times . . . June is just not green and lush in California . . . except in the coastal redwoods. Lake Tahoe is fine -- but Hwy 49 and places like Columbia would be a better fit for Yosemite and San Francisco.
Columbia SHP
Columbia, California | Historic Gold Rush Town
Just get that 'green and lush' ideal' out of your consciousness
Columbia SHP
Columbia, California | Historic Gold Rush Town
Just get that 'green and lush' ideal' out of your consciousness
Feb 4th, 2019 | 07:29 AM
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Sonare you going to Yosemite or Tahoe? Or both? I’m confused.
For Yosemite, drive to the valley, take thenyramsnor walk or bike and see the falls ( Bridalveil, Upler and Lower Yosemite, Vernal etc...) go to Glacier Point, hang out at the Ahwahnee ( Majestic now) and view the historical rooms, enjoy the views, have a banana split on the outside patio, go to the historical center museum, walk along the river and take a picture from the bridge, peek into the chapel, maybe drive up to Hetch Hetchy or Tuollume one day. A day in the valley, a day outside the valley... that’s what I’d do with just a few days. Pack your lunches and snacks, bring drinks... otherwise you spend a lot of time in line waiting for not so great food.
For Yosemite, drive to the valley, take thenyramsnor walk or bike and see the falls ( Bridalveil, Upler and Lower Yosemite, Vernal etc...) go to Glacier Point, hang out at the Ahwahnee ( Majestic now) and view the historical rooms, enjoy the views, have a banana split on the outside patio, go to the historical center museum, walk along the river and take a picture from the bridge, peek into the chapel, maybe drive up to Hetch Hetchy or Tuollume one day. A day in the valley, a day outside the valley... that’s what I’d do with just a few days. Pack your lunches and snacks, bring drinks... otherwise you spend a lot of time in line waiting for not so great food.
Feb 6th, 2019 | 04:57 PM
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On your various thread you have mentioned 'green and lush' several times . . . June is just not green and lush in California . . . except in the coastal redwoods. Lake Tahoe is fine -- but Hwy 49 and places like Columbia would be a better fit for Yosemite and San Francisco.
Columbia SHP
Columbia, California | Historic Gold Rush Town
Just get that 'green and lush' ideal' out of your consciousness
Columbia SHP
Columbia, California | Historic Gold Rush Town
Just get that 'green and lush' ideal' out of your consciousness
Feb 6th, 2019 | 07:01 PM
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Wine country is DEFINITELY not Irish - like after May. It is dry and hot just like everywhere else. And Tahoe is not "lush" any time of year. There are evergreens of course, but no ferns, or green grass or anything like that. Pine trees, dirt and rocks . . . That's about it.
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