California pictures

California pictures from San Francisco to Los angeles via Yosemite park, las Vegas, death valley, zabriskie point, malibu...

The first three days of our Californian stay were dedicated to the visit of San Francisco.
When we recovered from the time difference between Paris and San Francisco (9 hours), we walked through the streets and despite the bad weather we went to Alcatraz and saw the Golden Gate Bridge.
San Francisco Alcatraz seen from the top of a street The famous tramway
 
Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge

 
The day after, with a lovely weather, we continued to visit this beautiful city.
 
Frisco / street Downtown houses Houses
 
We left Frisco bound for Sacramento, driving through the wine trails (and not only driving through !).
 
Sacramento / Hard rock cafe Wine trail (the beginning) Wine trail (after!!!) - are you alright Claire marie? -
 
Then we headed north west to the mountains. The air was colder...much colder, but this was worth it. Lake Tahoe and Yosemite valley are beautiful places.
 
Lake Tahoe A frozen lake Mirror lake

 
While we were driving to the Yosemite valley we took this unusual picture of our car reflecting in this truck. Anyway it was impossible to overtake so we had to find something to do...
 
Unusual picture
 
The Yosemite valley is a peaceful place with several waterfalls :
 
Yosemite valley / waterfall Yosemite valley / waterfall Yosemite valley / waterfall
 
And beautiful landscapes :
 
Yosemite valley / landscapes Yosemite valley / landscapes Yosemite valley / landscapes

 
We could even met all kind of animals among which bears...in the wild !
 
Squirrel

Bear in the wild

 
Total change of scene : After one night in Lone Pine, we headed to the Death Valley. No more ice or snow but a lot of sand and sun.
Once we went through this valley, we rested in Las Vegas.
We rested ? Not really, slot machines worked all night and guess what...we lost !!
 
Death valley / Zabriskie point

Death valley

Death valley / sanddunes
 
Our hotel in Las Vegas
 
While driving to Palm Springs, we went through the Mojave desert where we discovered several cactus.
 
Granit formation in the Mojave desert Very long straight road in the Mojave desert
 
Joshua tree beavertail cactus Oasis in the Mojave desert
 
Palm tree in Palm Springs

 
When we arrived in Los Angeles we went to one of these famous beaches of Malibu. We desperately looked for those women we see in Baywatch...no one !!! They definitely only exist in movies !
Plage de Malibu

 

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