California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

Sierra Nevada between mountains and desert flatlands. For killer lake views in summer, ascend the gondola from Heavenly Village, ...

trails radiating out from High Camp. The Drive » Backtrack out of Squaw Valley, turning left onto Hwy 89 and driving north for a ...

1924 filming of Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush. Its well-preserved historical downtown is close to a dozen downhill and cross-c ...

Lose the crowds on the hiking and mountain- biking trails or disc-golf course at North Tahoe Regional Park (http:// northtahoepa ...

Eating & Sleeping South Lake Tahoe 1 5 Burger Lounge Fast Food $ (717 Emerald Bay Rd; menu items $3-6; h11am- 8pm, to 9pm Ju ...

Yosemite Falls Triple-tiered, this waterfall is North America’s tallest ...

Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 5–7 DAYS 450 MILES/725KM GREAT FOR... JG BEST TIME TO GO April and May for w ...

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1 Tunnel View Arriving in Yosemite National Park (% 20 9-372-0200; http://www.nps. gov/yose; 7-day pass per car $20; c) at the A ...

3 Tuolumne Meadows Leave the crushing crowds of Yosemite Valley behind and escape to the Sierra Nevada high country along Tioga ...

left onto Glacier Point Rd at the Chinquapin intersection, driving 15 more miles to Glacier Point. 4 Glacier Point In only an ho ...

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the noise of vacationing crowds and motorized tram tours during the early morning or evening. Notwithstanding a cruel hack job b ...

giant sequoia trees along a paved path. You can walk right through the Fallen Monarch, a massive, fire-hollowed trunk that’s don ...

sequoia ecology and fire cycles at the Giant Forest Museum (husually 9am- 5pm or 6pm mid-May–mid-Oct; c). Across the highway, Be ...

CREDIT/LONELY PLANET IMAGES © Eating & Sleeping Yosemite Valley 2 5 Degnan’s Deli Deli $ (www.yosemitepark.com; Yosemite Vil ...

CaptionCaptionCaptionCaption $100-130; hmid-Jun–mid-Sep; c) In the high country away from the hubbub of the valley, these canvas ...

Bodie State Historic Park Time warp back to the Gold Rush era ...

3–5 DAYS 360 MILES/580KM GREAT FOR... JG BEST TIME TO GO June to September for warm days and (mostly) snow-free mountain ramblin ...

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