Kiwis and Fairy Bread
Mike and Ellen's Travel Adventures
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Yosemite: the early bird gets the parking space
23 June 2025 Dear readers, everything you read is true: during the summer months one must arrive in Yosemite Valley early. And by early we mean no later than 10am. Any later and you will spend hours following visitors to their parking spaces in the hopes they are actually vacating it and not just stopping by to grab their lunch. Today we cut this close, arriving at Yosemite Village at 10:30am. We had indeed set out earlier, but the route down into the valley takes us to the most iconic view in Yosemite: the towering rock of El Capitan on… Read more
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San Francisco to Yosemite: the long and winding roads
22 June 2025 With one last morning in San Francisco, we wandered once more into Golden Gate Park seeking a good cup of coffee and some atmosphere. At The Conservatory we saw Faurik again at his snack cart. He didn’t have coffee, but noted that so many people asked him for it, he was thinking of setting up his own shop. He talked about life in this city, the rents and how much he is relishing his new little apartment with no roommates. Faurik, you make all the people you encounter feel good about themselves. It is a gift! Down… Read more
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