Wow, I can't believe this last Yosemite post has been sitting in my draft folder for 2.5 months! This is also my very last post about our honeymoon to California, which was, at this point, over 1.5 years ago. Talk about time flying by quickly! Without further ado.... On our second day in Yosemite we chose to hike a few miles farther than on our first day--about eight or nine miles. I really wish I could remember where we started the hike (I'm trying to dig back in my memory nearly 1.5 years ago now!), but the highlight of the hike was the Sentinel Dome portion. Before you get to the top you get to hike along trails that have these amazing pine trees called Jeffrey Pines...and they literally smell like vanilla! Talk about the little things, but I just thought that was so cool! Anway, the hike to Sentinel Dome is well known for having the most famous Jeffrey Pine of them all, or what's known as the Ansel Adams tree (see his photo )....
Yea, so, it's obviously been a while since I took some time to write about my travel adventures. The same old story--I am still incredibly behind recounting some past trips (Bali, Singapore, Philippines, Quebec City, Portugal, Spain, total eclipse trip in the USA, Iceland) and now I can add South Africa to that list. But I loved our trip to South Africa so much that I might revisit that first before I get cracking on this backlog. In the meantime, here's an Instagram roundup of most of the photos I shared on social media. Check out my Instagram for photo captions (hint: yes, that last photo is a hyena kill). I have SO. MANY. MORE. photos to share from my "big girl" camera and I can't wait to check them out. Stay tuned! Follow me on Twitter , Bloglovin , and Instagram .
After exploring Split we took a catamaran to Korčula (Kohr-choo-lah), one of Croatia's island towns. Like many other Croatian coastal towns, Korčula was founded by the Greeks; it then became part of the Roman Empire and then was a key outpost of the Venetian Republic. One of the biggest historical attractions is that Korčulans take pride in the claim that Marco Polo was born there. Before we explored Korčula, though, we instead checked out Lumbarda after checking into our private apartment at Panorama Apartments . Our room had an absolutely wonderful view (scroll down for those shots) which rivaled our view of the Grand Canal from our room in Venice, Italy. Not only that, but our host at Panorama Apartments was incredibly friendly, more than willing to give advice, and dropped us off in Lumbarda on his way to work. Talk about great hospitality! Our main goal in Lumbarda was to try some of the local wines of the region. We quickly dis...
Love all of these. I particularly love how glittery Ruby Mine is! I don't think I own that one yet!
ReplyDeleteIt was an impulse buy at Walgreens sometime last year. Great one if I do say so myself! :)
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