Since we couldn’t enter Yosemite from it’s north-eastern side and had to go all the way back south, we decided spontaneously to stop for a day at Sequoia National Park. It’s best known for the Giant Forest, where you can wander around the impressive, grand Sequoia trees. Among them “General Sherman”, the biggest tree on earth. In Giant Forest we hiked around the big trees, that were perfect for treehugging. We had two seasons, summer and winter, in one day. We didn’t encounter…
We wanted sun and heat – so where else to go but the hottest place on earth? It was over 30° Celsius in Death Valley, but felt a lot hotter. And this was still winter – in summer it gets easily over 40° Celsius. The highest temperature recorded was 56.7° Celsius. This is definitely one of the places on this planet, where nature is still undisputedly the boss… The ride to Death Valley itself is also quite an attraction. The night before our…
we are sorry to tell you this – but we have to break up with you. You have been a (mostly) reliable companion for 3,687 miles (or 5,933 kilometers) from the eastcoast to the westcoast. You took us on eight journeys, four overnight and four during the daytime. We spent 81 hours and 25 minutes in 14 of your busses and 14 different stations of yours. You clearly taught us, how big the United States are: our longest ride was 16 hours, from…