Kiwis and Fairy Bread
Mike and Ellen's Travel Adventures
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Napa: I want to wake up at Enchanted Hills
28 June 2025 Mike and I travel quite a bit. And there comes a day in each trip when we are satisfied. When we are ready to go home. In New Zealand that was our last night in Queenstown, where we spent an enjoyable evening with new friends Marianna, Juan, Chelsea and Rhys (see post 2nd January 2024). On last summer’s trip to England it was after our ten mile walk to and from Mousehole, Cornwall (See 6th July, 2024). And for this, our cross country trek, it is today, when I connected with my twenty two year old self,… Read more
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Yosemite to Napa via Stage Coach: encounter with Calamity Karen
27 June 2025 It was time to say good bye to Yosemite. One last time down the winding Henness Ridge Road we stopped for just one more look at Tunnel View. Salute to El Capitan, a wave to Half Dome and a kiss to Yosemite Falls. Even after seeing it so many times, it still doesn’t look real. Up and up on Big Oak Flat Road, we passed a sign saying Priest Station. I understand needing a priest after traveling over these mountains! A former stage coach station, it’s now a very run down cafe. Our route took us through… Read more
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