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Hyggehejsa :)
Ja, jeg er stadig i live og har det godt! Der har i ugen efter Yellowstone ikke været det vilde at berette om, så derfor kommer der først et nyt blogindlæg nu.
Efter Yellowstone var vi mildest talt blevet lidt trætte af at køre bil. Vi var desuden lidt forud for vores "tidsplan", så vi kørte langsomt sydpå igen. Undervejs overnattede vi i Twin Falls, Elko og Fallon. Efterfølgende var planen, at vi skulle køre fra Fallon sydpå, for at køre ind i Yosemite via øst indgangen. Men til vores store skuffelse, var denne indgang lukket da vi kom derned. Og inden nogle af jer klogrianner kommer for godt igang, så tjekkede vi selvfølgelig om passet var åbent inden vi kørte fra Fallon, men der var spontant kommet en snestorm forbi, så øv bøv. Da vi jo havde bestilt overnatning lidt syd for, i Mammoth Lakes og ikke rigtig vidste hvad vi skulle, nu når passet var lukket, overnattede vi der.
Vi besluttede at køre til South Lake Tahoe dagen efter. Det tog blot et par timer (selvom vi igen stødte på en lukket vej!!!). Her var vi i to dage, hvor vi bl.a. var i biografen, fik dyrket lidt motion og highlightet var en ATV tur.
Om fredagen kørte vi videre til Sacramento, hvor vi skulle tilbrænge weekenden hos noget "familie" jeg har her. Det var voldsom hyggeligt og vi blev forkælet med dejlig mad. Vi var en tur i Old Sacramento, en tur i Zoo og var ude at gå langs en af floderne. Det var en super god, men varm weekend.
Søndag gik turen til storbyen - San Francisco. Vi bor centralt i et stille og roligt område. Hostlet er charmerende og hyggeligt. Mandag kørte vi til Golden Gate Park, hvor vi lejede et par cykler. Vi cyklede ud til Golden Gate Bridge, over den og tilbage over den. På trods af et par bakker, så er SF en behaglig by at cykle i, da den har cykelstier. Da vi afleverede cyklerne om eftermiddagen, havde vi cyklet godt over 20km.
Tirsdag gik vi hen til CoitTower, som er et udsigtstårn. Det trak tænder ud at komme derop, da vi skulle op af adskillige meget stejle bakker. Men ja, hvad havde vi regnet med. Udsigten fra toppen var super fed og man kunne se hele SF. Efterfølgende gik vi ned mod vandet og de forskellige moler. Vi var selvsagt ude på Pier 39, hvor vi kiggede butikker og blev lokkede af diverse chokolade og snoller butikker, puuuuhhhaaa. Afslutningsvis fik vi set de mange søløver, som ligger og hygger sig her. Om aftenen skulle vi ind og se en baseball kamp på AT&T Park. Hjemmeholdet San Francisco Giants tog imod Chicago Cubs. Det var en fantastisk aften, som udover det sportslige også bød på storskærmsfrieri, kyssekamera, danse dyst og nationalsang - præcis som på film.
Det var alt for nu. Håber alt er vel derhjemme :)
Godnat fra mig!
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Hello hello :)
Yes, I'm still alive and feeling great. The week after our Yellowstone visit wasn't very interesting, which is why I haven't posted in a while.
After Yellowstone we were quite fed up with driving and we were ahead of our "time schedule". Therefore we took it easy and started heading south. We spent a night in Twin Falls, Elko and Fallon. The plan was to drive from Fallon to the east entrance of Yosemite national park. But very disappointingly this entrance was closed, although we had checked it a couple of days before. Since we had already booked a night in Mammoth Lakes, we went there only to find out what to do instead.
We decided to go to South Lake Tahoe. Although we hit another closed road, it was only a two hour drive. We spent two days here, where we went to the movies, worked out and the highlight was an ATV tour.
On friday we drove to Sacramento, where we spent the weekend at the house of "family" I have there. It was such a wonderful weekend and we got spoiled with delicious food. We went to see Old Sacramento, the Zoo and went for a long walk next to one of the rivers. It was a great, but warm weekend.
On sunday we headed to San Francisco. We live centrally in calm surroundings. The hostel is charming and cozy. Monday we went to the Golden Gate Park, where we rented some bicycles. We cycled to the Golden Gate Bridge, over it and back over it. Despite some hills, SF is a great city for bicycles, because of the many bike trails. When we returned the bikes, we had cycled well over 20km.
Tuesday we went to Coit Tower, which is a view point. It was quite exhausting getting there, because of the very steep hills. The view from the top was awesome and we were able to see whole of SF. After this we walked towards the bay and passed the different piers. Of course we stopped at pier 39, where we went shophopping and got tempted by different sweets. We also passed the many many sealions. In the evening we went to see a baseball game at the AT&T Park. The home team San Francisco Giants were playing againat Chicago Cubs. It was an amazing night that other than the sports had a marriage proposal on the big screen, kissing camera, dance competition and the national anthem - exactly like in the movies.
Thats it for now. Hope everything is well at home :)
Goodnight from me!
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