http://gallarotti.net/crosscountry From New York City to San Francisco Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:32:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_327" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Big Sur in the morning fog"][/caption] We woke up relatively early because I still had to backup all my images from the day before. The air was chilly and it was a very pleasant experience to sit on the porch of our cabin sipping a hot cup ... http://gallarotti.net/crosscountry/?p=326&lang=en [caption id="attachment_316" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="A spectacular view in the morning fog along the coast on California 1"][/caption] State Route 1, often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along much of the Pacific coast of the state of California. It is famous for running by some of the most ... http://gallarotti.net/crosscountry/?p=315&lang=en [caption id="attachment_310" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="On our way to Fresno, CA"][/caption] Today the plan was a relatively short drive (GPS time about 3 hours only) from Fish Camp, CA (at the south border of the Yosemite NP) to Morro Bay, CA, finally reaching the Pacific Ocean! We left at a decent time ... http://gallarotti.net/crosscountry/?p=309&lang=en [caption id="attachment_306" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point"][/caption] This entire trip was planned around availability and best time to visit Yosemite NP. In order to ensure that Tioga Pass road was open we moved the trip from May to July. And in order to be able to ensure to have ... http://gallarotti.net/crosscountry/?p=305&lang=en [caption id="attachment_299" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mono Lake"][/caption] I woke up relatively early and drove to the lake to take a few pictures of the tufa formations. Then I went back to the room, had breakfast with Yasuko and then we left to drive through Tioga Pass and enter Yosemite NP. [caption id="attachment_300" align="aligncenter" ... http://gallarotti.net/crosscountry/?p=298&lang=en