Waterfalls!

Yosemite, CA



Finally! I've been wanting to see Yosemite National Park in person... Hee-hee! I saw only a portion of the park, but still, wow! Look at that waterfalls! That's Yosemite falls above. There's a trail to get to the lower part of the falls and the upper part too. We didn't have enough time to hike the upper falls trail, but the lower falls trail was cool enough! You can get close enough to the falls to get wet if you wanted to!



Above is the famous valley floor of Yosemite where you can see the famous rock El Capitan and bridal veil falls... I'm not sure if you can actually see half-dome from the picture too... Still, it's quite a view! The picture on the right was taken from the lower Yosemite Falls trail. I think there are 7 waterfalls in Yosemite... Two down, five to go then! =)

Sights

California



Highway 1 has great views, rolling hills on one side and the Pacific ocean in the other. Don't you agree?



Need I say more where the above pictures were taken? (Well, maybe the one on the right is more recognizable by more people...) It's the first time I've been to the Palace of fine arts (left). It's a pretty cool area! The golden gate bridge is also cool, I just don't see the "golden" color... It looks more like rust colored! Heehee!

An American Castle

San Simeon, CA



Yes, this is the outdoor swimming pool in Hearst Castle, the Neptune pool... Looks really lavish right? It's interesting that the lady of the house (before it was turned into a museum) was not William Randolph Hearst's wife, but his mistress Marion Davies (Okay, don't quote me on that, that's what I remember from what the tour guide said... hehehe!) There's tons of art scattered all over the place like statues from Egypt, and other places. The place even has an indoor pool with gold embedded in the tiles! Talk about lavish huh?

Danish Town... in California?

Solvang, CA



Nope, haven't been to Europe yet... (Technically I've been to Europe, just Ireland though... hehehe!) This is a small Danish town in Solvang, CA. It's a good area to break your travel from southern California to northern California. There's the Danish looking town and right beside it is the Santa Ines Mission (below).

Flowers everywhere!

Carlsbad, CA



Isn't this field neat? There's rows and rows of ranunculus flowers here that looks like a rainbow! Another neat thing in this place is they have a sweet pea maze you can go thru! I like the smell of sweet pea flowers, it's not the overpowering type of smell, so it was nice walking thru the maze there.