Posted: 2007-04-08 09:01 AM
My friends and I arrived safely back home around 6pm after a wonderful 5-day trip. It was very nice to meet you and I hope you enjoyed our company as much as we enjoyed yours! Be sure next time you have a campfire to cook yourself some s'mores for desert! Looking forward to seeing your pictures from Sequoia. Have a safe trip buddy!
Posted: 2007-04-07 09:58 PM
Andy,
I am so delighted - you have now been in some of my favorite places! My mother lives in Palm Springs and I love the excuse to go hiking in the desert! The Grand Canyon has long been one of my favorites - I wish you had time to do Havasu Falls - a side canyon off Route 66 that decends 7 miles down to an Indain Reservation and has 3 beautiful water falls - it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Sequoia and Kings Canyon are two of my favorite parks and you are about to enter my most favorite - Yosemite. Chances are that you are now very close to where I grew up - I was born in Modesto which is just north of Merced - on the way to Yosemite. I love California's farm land. Part of my job involves managing 1543 acres of corn and a small 1,200 acre cattle ranch.
Enjoy - this is the part of California I love best!
Posted: 2007-04-05 06:44 AM
Happy birthday to you in America! Enjoy the beauty of the nature - do not mid Kings Canyon an Sequoia National Parks on your way back to the Pacific Coast - the giant trees are impressive there... Yosemite is also worth a detour... Enjoy your voyage!
Wojtek
Posted: 2007-03-31 06:13 PM
Hi Andy,
I suppose you'are going to South Rim of Grand Canyon, because North Rim is still closed for the winter. I had treveled from SD to North Rim, that's why I am not familiar with the routs from SD to South Rim. Sorry I couldn't be helpful.
Have an enjoyable time.
Posted: 2007-03-31 02:28 AM
Andy,
I am so glad you are enjoying San Diego - my brother and his family live there and I always enjoy visiting.
It is hard to describe how much California has changed in the last 40 years. The population has grown ten times what it was in 1960, mostly from the influx of immigrants, many of whom have poor English skills and little education. I wish we had the safety net you spoke of. My husband teaches in a low income middle school and speaks both Spanish and some Vietnamese - many of his students, even in 7th and 8th grades, speak little English.
Hollywood is perhaps the worst because it attracts so many mentally unstable people looking for fame.
I think this is why I am drawn to the mountains and the north coast. They are not as affected by all the population growth. Having seen the Bay Area, you can understand the urge to "get away"!
Hope the trip continue well! Would love to catch up with you when you get ready to fly back, if you are in the area!
Eire
Posted: 2007-03-29 09:56 PM
Andy,
I read your travel logs and because I am too much connected to the places you're visiting, I wanted to wish you having good time. Yosemite and Grand Canyon are places that you shoudn't miss. Good luck and enjoy your trip.
Geri
Posted: 2007-03-04 08:58 PM
Andy,
Thanks for your answer. I'll think about buying another lens because we will be away in two weeks. We are going to Hong Kong and even though lenses may be cheaper there I rather buy one at home as I cannot distiguish between real and counterfeit
Marianne
Your photos are truly beautiful, not only the compostion and theme, but also the quality. I take it that you are happy with you EOS 400D.
What lens do you use? The one that come standard with the EOS. I ask you because I have 350D and I am not at all impressed by the lens that comes with it. That's why I use a lens of my EOS two times back., which I bought in 1999.
I am now thinking of buying EF-S 17-85. F/4.0-5.6 ISUSM. The only problem is that this lens is almost as expensive as an EOS 350D.
Posted: 2006-09-04 05:48 PM
I was just stunned when I popped on this evening to log another journal. There were so many truly wonderful reports last month. I am so honored to have been chosen. Thank you so much. I am on a very VERY slow dial-up connection, 50 miles from the Pakistan border, in the middle of no where, so I won't be able to thank the members that have sent me such kind words, but thank you so much!
