Friday, Oct 14 Today I finished the west coast part of the perimeter and turned eastwards along the Mexican border. The main city en route was San Diego, which is a glorious place, but I have visited several times before and did not feel the need to stay again. During my spring trip I visited … Continue reading A Real Ship Museum
Thursday, Oct 13 Today saw another 90 miles of progress along the Pacific coast but was focused on two museums. The first was the stunning Getty Villa just off the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades. This was never designed as a residence but was built to display J. Paul Getty’s art collection. It is … Continue reading Nice Drive, Great Art Museum and a Disappointing Ship
Wednesday, Oct 12 The past two nights I have not had any practical Internet access at my hotel despite both advertising “free high speed Internet”. On Monday the access was just impossibly slow and on Tuesday the network was misconfigured to allocate IP addresses for 7 days. This means that, even though a device may … Continue reading A Bit of a Wasted Day
After not having Internet access for two nights I am posting from a Starbucks so I will keep this short. Monday, Oct 10 Today was a long drive through two adjoining National Parks, Kings Canyon and Sequoia. These are also in the Sierra Nevada mountains, south of Yosemite, but are more remote and have fewer … Continue reading Two National Parks and Back to the Perimeter
Sunday, Oct 9 Today was all about Yosemite National Park. I have visited Yosemite several times in the past so this was an opportunity to just enjoy the spectacular scenery on a relatively quick drive through the park (rooms at the park lodge were $452 per night). I crossed the Sierra Nevada from east to … Continue reading Yosemite
Saturday, Oct 8 All but a few miles of today’s drive from Carson City, Nevada to Mammoth Lakes, California was along scenic byways as I was driving south along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains. To see the route, and the scenery along the way, you can click here for today’s map/video. The … Continue reading Sierra Nevada Scenes
As often happens when you start a project, I found that updating my software took three days, not two. Of course, some of the extra time was spent watching the wild-card baseball games or playing video poker but most was refining and testing the changes I had made before attempting to document a day’s driving. … Continue reading Taking the Long Way to Carson City