Camping Trip Cancelled

Since we are moving our other stuff from the apartment to our new house this coming weekend our previous weekend plan was canceled. We canceled our upcoming camping trip to South Carlsbad Camp Site. My husband and I were thinking to go to the Air Show instead.

Trip to Northern CA

We drove from San Diego and took the longer route to San Francisco. Instead of taking I-5 we took the Pacific Coast High Way the scenic route to San Francisco. It took us 25% of our time driving through the scenic route than I-5. The drive was worth it the breeze was very relaxing. If in rush to get to your destination I would not recommend to take PCH instead take I-5. Nothing much to see in I-5 but you'll get to San Francisco in about 7 hours.

Gone for A week

Will be back early next week and will keep you posted on what happened with my trip to Redwood National and State Park in Northern California.

Sea Isle City Rentals

Going somewhere for a vacation either with your family or your friends is always fun. I love to go for a vacation with my family as well as with the group of friends somewhere that we can all have some fun. It is kind of boring if you go on a trip by yourself right? It is good to have some company with you either with family or a short trip with friends. Sea isle city rentals offered to many people an affordable cost to rent a vacation house that accommodates your family or friends on vacation. Hotels gets very expensive if you have multiple people gone for a trip and you also have less privacy. Now, city rentals sea isle really beat the hotel price plus you have your own kitchen and perfect privacy. A moment ago I search for 2 week time frame for a vacation and see how much would it cost for a big family that require at least 5 bedrooms for a vacation and here’s what I found, for 5 bedrooms and a 3 bathrooms rental in 32nd street in sea isle city it would cost them from the range of $7,900 to $8,400 and these are all facing ocean front. This is a great deal for many people especially those who want to feel at home while on vacation.

Nature's Beauty

While spending time in Yosemite my husband and I also spent a lot of time sightseeing and taking pictures. There are so much to see and I just didn't get tired watching the trees and different rock formations.

Here are some of the pictures I took when I visited Yosemite. This shows how beautiful the place is and even the river with a little bit of water left because of high heat. It also shows it's own beauty with different rocks.


The second picture was taken during our photography walk on Saturday morning. We joined with a few people walking around the valley with one of the artist in Ansel Adams Photography. Gabe taught us a few tricks about nature and landscape photography. His inputs was helpful and made me play around with my camera.

Here's the water reflection of the rock formation and it's trees. This picture was taken around 1030 in the morning. I am so glad that this picture turned out pretty well.


This last picture was taken around 1115 in the morning. One dead tree standing alone has a life of it's own with the background of the rock formations and the beautiful sky without over crowding with clouds.

The Beauty of Yosemite

Yosemite National Park is one of many beautiful attraction in the United State. There are so many variety of people that come visit and enjoy the scenic beauty of different rock formations, water falls, hiking and biking trails, camping and many more outdoor activities. These activities suits for different individuals. There are so many artists also visit Yosemite to paint this beautiful place. I haven't seen as many trees as Yosemite, tall pines are everywhere as well as the Sequoia trees.

So many pictures to take and I just couldn't get enough of it. Now, I would like to share this beauty to you. If you haven't been to Yosemite, this is a place must see. I am sure that you are gonna have a lot of fun as I do.

This rock formation is called 'Half Dome' this is the only half dome in the country and only found in Yosemite. I took this picture from the valley during our photography walk with one of the guide who works in Ansel Adams Photography.

Though the temperature was extreme that day, the walk was worth it. I saw different angle and beautiful views from different ends of the the valley. It seems like the weather also cooperate in order for us to take a few good pictures.

One of the picture I really like is the reflection of this rock formation to the lake. I thought this is really beautiful and a very good capture from my camera. The sky wasn't too cloudy but it's really blue. Trees and sky also have their own reflections to the water.

I wish they still have enough water when we were there in order for me to capture some water falls pictures, but our timing visit wasn't right because there was only one falls that has a little bit of water dripping into the ground. Bridal Falls is the only one left with water. Oh well, we are going to visit Yosemite next year anyway and I am looking forward to it. I am pretty sure I can capture a few pictures of waterfalls because we are going there later spring.

Yosemite Overview

On June 30, 1864, the bill of an inalienable public trust was signed by President Abraham Lincoln granting the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to the State of California. The federal government set a first time history to protect scenic lands for the people to enjoy. A few years later in 1872, Yellowstone became the first official national park. John Muirs struggle against the devastation of the sub-alpine meadows surrounding Yosemite Valley resulted in the creation of Yosemite National Park on October 1, 1890. While the State of California continued to govern the area covered by the original 1864 grant, military units administered the park with headquarters in Wawona. In 1906, dual control of Yosemite came to an end when the State of California receded Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove to the federal government. In 1914, civilian park rangers took over from the military and two years later, on August 25, 1916, through the persistent efforts of Steven Mather and Horace Albright, Congress authorized the creation of the National Park Service to administer all national parks "in such manner and by such means as to leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

This is were I spent my vacation and the visit was worth it. I had a lot of fun with my husband camping in Wawona and Soquel campground. Though the campground is not the greatest yet the park is a very beautiful place to visit. I never thought that the heat was that extreme for the first few days we were there and at night the temperature dropped that really you need to wear warmer clothing while sleeping in your sleeping bag. From Thursday until Saturday they had over 100 degree Fahrenheit during the day and at night the temperature dropped to lower 60's in Wednesday and Friday in Wawona campground and between upper 30's and lower 50's Saturday and Sunday in Soquel campground. Can you believe the big temperature change? Well, if you are planning to visit you better be prepared. Good thing is I brought long sleeve clothing, socks, gloves and jacket with me as well as for my husband to keep us warm just in-case. This was our first time visit and we never know what's out there specially if we are out camping.

Our drive wasn't that bad. Usually if we only had a few stops it would only take us at least the minimum of six hours but we stopped to stretch and our little kitty sometimes demand with a very loud meow on the driver's ear which means she needs to get out so we have to stop for a little while. We left first thing in the morning on Wednesday around 6:30 or 7:00am and arrived probably around 2:30 or 3:00pm. Battling with LA traffic, stopped for lunch, gas, stretched and MingMing's kitty break.

Federal regulated is more strict with rules compare to state especially when there are so many black bear around like in Yosemite. Food and anything that are scented needs to be stored in a bear proof locker in your campsite. You have to bear proof your car, this means that you have to take anything that smells in your car stored them in your locker, anything includes lotion, soap, car scent.... etc... etc... The locker is a decent size storage to store the stuff we took with us including two cooler, one food container and a few bags here and there.

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