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  1. zashibis avatar

    RE: 30 days circular trip in California

    by zashibis 21 November 2011

    >Where should I require for chains? In rent a car agencies ou in parks entrance/lodge? >Instead, is it a good idea buy the chains (a 30…

  2. ColinO avatar

    RE: California Travelogue

    by ColinO 21 November 2011

    Guilty your honour. I am an unabashed tourist. We all try and be different but we all follow one crowd or another. I guess we all succum…

  3. CascadeBob avatar

    RE: Seattle to San Francisco indirectly?

    by CascadeBob 21 November 2011

    To those folks recommending Crater Lake - it will probably still be closed due to snow in March.

  4. villela avatar

    Re: 30 days circular trip in California

    by villela 21 November 2011

    Zashibis, i want to visit the parks, especially Sequoia and Yosemite (Death Valley if possible). If I can`t acess from east, what is…

  5. ianw6705 avatar

    RE: Yet another route advice request. 4 weeks on each coast (8 weeks total).

    by ianw6705 21 November 2011

    We've now done four road trips in the US (from Australia) - fall and deep winter - and they have all been wonderful. Your overall plan…

  6. zashibis avatar

    RE: 30 days circular trip in California

    by zashibis 21 November 2011

    As above, you will only be able to access Yosemite from the west in the winter, and your options for getting into Sequoia NP are limited…

  7. stopthebus avatar

    RE: Yet another route advice request. 4 weeks on each coast (8 weeks total).

    by stopthebus 21 November 2011

    A great trip would be: San Francisco Yosemite NP (snow possible) Death Valley NP (drive via Bakersfield from Yosemite) Las Vegas Gran…

  8. trekker502 avatar

    RE: Yet another route advice request. 4 weeks on each coast (8 weeks total).

    by trekker502 21 November 2011

    I think that it would be more scenic driving from Washington, D.C. to South Carolina. I was not impressed with Florida when I visited…

  9. jrk1980 avatar

    RE: Yet another route advice request. 4 weeks on each coast (8 weeks total).

    by jrk1980 21 November 2011

    To be honest, I was trying to find a decent curcuit to finish up in LA, and had a look at a bunch of tour packages, and they all seemed…

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    Yet another route advice request. 4 weeks on each coast (8 weeks total).

    by jrk1980 21 November 2011

    My FiancĂ© and I are heading to the states in mid Jan for 2 months and were hoping for some advice on our plan. I have been reading the…

  11. villela avatar

    30 days circular trip in California

    by villela 21 November 2011

    I`m planning drive around California in 30 day. It`s a family trip with children from 15,december to 15,january. I`d like to cross the…

  12. montereyjack avatar

    RE: Fog in San Francisco

    by montereyjack 20 November 2011

    Spend part of July in Fresno in the Central Valley and you'll wish for the cooling fog. Seriously though, a few miles inland will be fog…

  13. ianw6705 avatar

    RE: Fog in San Francisco

    by ianw6705 20 November 2011

    Actually - I think the summer fogs allowed the giant coastal redwoods to evolve as they did - since they extract moisture from the reliable…

  14. montereyjack avatar

    RE: California Travelogue

    by montereyjack 20 November 2011

    It was interesting to read the LA part doing the things every tourist seems to want to do. It sounds positively dreadful to me and nothing…

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    RE: I Will Never Eat Bugs

    by nutraxfornerves 20 November 2011

    Had to resurrect this thread in order to post this link. [_San Francisco chef serves up edible bugs along with history_|http://www.sacbee.co…

  16. bzookaj avatar

    RE: Fog in San Francisco

    by bzookaj 20 November 2011

    It's an equal rights thing, ian. Since most of the country is fogless, we have to let someplace have it, or else the fog will sue. …

  17. libbyh avatar

    RE: California Travelogue

    by libbyh 20 November 2011

    A good read. We are also fans of the Gold Dust Saloon in San Francisco.

  18. ianw6705 avatar

    RE: Fog in San Francisco

    by ianw6705 20 November 2011

    Why does a place have fog in the middle of summer? Sounds decidedly un-American to me ... I would have thought fog might have been mandated…

  19. ggiii avatar

    accommodations in puerto vallarta

    by ggiii 20 November 2011

    I am an older, but not stodgy, writer and journalist planning on being in Puerto Vallarta for three months, early December to early March.…

  20. stopthebus avatar

    RE: Seattle to San Francisco indirectly?

    by stopthebus 20 November 2011

    I'd go: Seattle Portland Columbia River Gorge Mt Hood Bend Crater Lake Bandon, OR Coast between Bandon and California border Red …

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    Re: What to wear??? female dress code?

    by buzzabout 19 November 2011

    Dear Helle, Another way to tone down (or at least deflect attention to another faranji) is to travel with an even taller, mustachioed…

  22. montereyjack avatar

    RE: Fog in San Francisco

    by montereyjack 19 November 2011

    It appears I am a little foggy on the procedure.

  23. BubbaK avatar

    Re: Fog in San Francisco

    by BubbaK 19 November 2011

    #5. What a ridiculous idea. Of no help to OP. Pacifica is not in San Francisco. OP needs to apply to the San Mateo County Department…

  24. polzeath avatar

    RE: Seattle to San Francisco indirectly?

    by polzeath 19 November 2011

    Thanks a lot for your responses. Portland, Bend and Columbia River Gorge sound great so we'll go that way and maybe see what the weather…

  25. ianw6705 avatar

    RE: Seattle to San Francisco indirectly?

    by ianw6705 19 November 2011

    I can certainly recommend all of the following: Mt Rainier NP, Portland OR, Columbia River Gorge, Hood River, Mt Hood (and yes - lunch…

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