Where would you like to be right now?

[Micah my love]

I am ready for a trip just need to get a few things settled before i leave

[Captainzing]

Where did you decide to go?

[Micah my love]

going to see my daughter first and then ??? IDK

[yorkietalkjilly]

One of the homier lodges in Yosemite. With beds so tall you have to climb up onto them and mattresses so deep you sink down into them.

[Captainzing]

Originally Posted by Micah my love

going to see my daughter first and then ??? IDK

Where does she live from you?
Can you make a drive or flying there?

[Captainzing]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

One of the homier lodges in Yosemite. With beds so tall you have to climb up onto them and mattresses so deep you sink down into them.

That's the one area of Ca. I've never been to

[Micah my love]

Originally Posted by Captainzing

Where does she live from you?
Can you make a drive or flying there?

Va and i would drive

[Captainzing]

Are you taking 64 or do you use a different route

[Micah my love]

24 to 40

[Captainzing]

If I go out this summer, I'm going to go the northern route.
Those Smokey Mt.'s take the fun out of my driving.
It's flatter up north

[Micah my love]

I love the mountains sometimes i spend the night there, depends on what time i leave

[Captainzing]

I love to look at them too, I just don't want to drive them again anymore then I have to.
I'll decide after I drive 70 east and catch 95 south to Richmond if I want to make that drive each time.
If I don't like the drive on 70, I'll take 64 back.

What area are you heading to?

If I go, I'm heading to Yorktown area.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Captainzing

That's the one area of Ca. I've never been to

Me neither. We've been to Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Portland and Washington-state ski lodges but never any in Northern California or Yosemite! Love those with the huge common room with the monster fireplaces on at least two walls plus the giant round center fireplace, roaring fireplaces in each of the bedrooms, high 4-poster beds you have to climb up to get in, with layers of old-fashioned quilts, room views and service to die for and all the rustic-chic one can bear. And their bedtime hot cocoa puts you to sleep for at least 10+ hours. Ah, to be in any one of those wonderful lodges we've stayed in right now would meet such a need; but for some reason one of those older ski lodges in Yosemite would just fill the bill!(Obviously, I've had a little too much PBS.)

[Captainzing]

The redwoods are a must see for everyone

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humb...ods_State_Park

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Captainzing

The redwoods are a must see for everyone

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humb...ods_State_Park

Boy I could use me some lodge-time at elevation somewhere in the Yosemite park region right about now, with a long enough side trip over to these redwood giants that included a whole weekend and just burn up my camera shooting pics and video of every one I could manage. Def bucket list material!!! Was sad to see that I waited too long to visit the redwoods and missed visiting the famous drive-thru redwood that we've all seen pictures of predating all of our parents'/ grandparents' births. Forget what happened to it - was it a storm or disease or what? Anybody know?

Though can't really complain about our spring weather so far, it's starting to get hot and humid some days now in D/FW, requiring the A-C and am already longing for dry, cold nights like they're now having at any of the wonderful cozy ski lodges that dot the Northwest.

Ah, I so love the mountains! What I wouldn't give for a nice long flight landing just about anywhere in NW with an elevation above 5k and big enough airport to land a commercial airliner - the only way I'll fly! Back in the day when we traveled so much, we used to fly to our NW/West destinations very early in the mornings so we'd start out our flights to the mountains with a piping-hot Cappuccino, usually laced with some type of liquor, very necessary for a white-knuckle flyer! We'd always board right by the first-class galley with that fresh coffee brewing away and our seats were usually close by so we'd smell coffee for the whole first hour on board and to this day, the smell of freshly-brewing coffee still reminds me of airplanes! Those were the days.