Yup - we went exactly a year after my DS - and I went hiking!
http://www.nps.gov/seki/index.htm
Sequoia & Kings Canyon
National Parks California
http://www.nps.gov/seki/index.htm
Sequoia & Kings Canyon
National Parks California
Yes, BUT the good food you buy will be in much smaller portions.I've decided my food budget is going to blow up after my surgery. After all, I just MUST have steak, crab, shrimp, seafood, etc.... Yummmmm.
Wow...really? Lol. No offense (seriously) and it's not that the redwoods and sequoias aren't cool but for them to be at the top of your bucket list? You must have one helluva passport! Where all have you traveled?I have SIX weeks of vacation time that I HAVE to use this year and one of the things on the TOP of my "Bucket List" is to see the California Redwoods, so it would NOT take much to convince me!!!
Wow...really? Lol. No offense (seriously) and it's not that the redwoods and sequoias aren't cool but for them to be at the top of your bucket list? You must have one helluva passport! Where all have you traveled?
I need to plan a trip for the family this year that's about 10 days and is affordable (around $10k maybe) so I'm looking for ideas.
We did a San Francisco, Yosemite, Muir woods, Sausalito and Monterrey trip last June w the kids. Lots of fun! The trees were cool but not the highlight of the trip.
Muir Woods was a beautiful place to go to see the redwoods. We loved it. It's right outside of San Francisco. It might be a place you want to consider as you can spend just a few hours or a whole day immersed in a redwood forest w great hiking paths or easier paved paths w beautiful streams, bridges, etc. My 12 year old loved it! We took a day and traveled over to Yosemite to see the sequoias. It was a very long day in the car but we had to see Yosemite while we were out there. If you plan that trip and include the San Francisco area let me know and I can tell you all the places we found that the kids loved so that your daughter has fun too.LOL…I guess I’m an easy to please kind of guy, simple really. I love being outdoors in nature and spend a lot of time outside. When I was a kid, I grew up in Ohio and my backyard was literally at the border of Mt. Airy National forest. 1,500 acres of woods and trees were literally my backyard. I had this favorite tree. It was a giant oak they said was over 200 years old. I would just sit under that tree and play and then even in my teenager yrs I would go there and just sit and play guitar etc. I even took my first girlfriend there…lol. This might sound stupid to some people, but, I could actually sit under a tree like that and it makes me feel good, calm, peaceful, happy etc. It’s almost like I can feel its energy, its wisdom and age. It’s a living thing and we don’t really know how everything works. My opinion is we are all connected, kind of like what they were trying to say in the movie avatar. So, for me, it would be really special to be able to spend some time sitting under those wise old guys! But, yes, travel to Europe, the Fareast etc, ALL that other stuff is high on my list too!!