Yosemite National Park: Tenaya Lake

Kami stay selama 4 hari 3 malam di Midpine selama trip di Yosemite kemarin. And it would say, that was an ideal duration. We explored pretty much everything. Juga nginep di Midpine adalah keputusan yang tepat. Dia ada di titik tengah antara tiga pintu masuk Yosemite. Jadi nggak akan back and forth setiap hari. Di hari kedua di Yosemite, kami eksplor sisi timur, yaitu Tenaya Lake dan Tuolumne Meadows melewati Tioga Road (Highway 120). Tioga Road ini cuma open saat summer ya, kalo winter dia ditutup full, harus muter lewat jalan yang lain kalo mau ke Tenaya Lake atau Tuolumne Meadows.

@karlthefog Stole The Show

Dari awal ada plan ke California, sebenernya pengen banget ke San Fransico. Mau ngapain? Pengen lihat Golden Gate aja lol. Tapi kemudian dengan plan kami yang cuma pengen ke Yosemite, Sequoia, dan Kings Canyon, rencana buat ke San Fransisco jadi big hole in our plan karena dia jauh sendiri. Nyetir dari SF ke Yosemite sebenernya oke aja kalo nggak sama toddler yang gak terbiasa duduk di car seat. Jadilah dengan berat hati rencana itu dibatalkan.

Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Valley

It's summer time! This summer we do road trip again yeaay! Kali ini pengennya main di California dengan tujuan tiga national park: Sequioa, Kings Canyon, dan Yosemite National Park. We learnt a lot from our last trip so this time we won't too ambitious. And instead of driving from San Fransisco, we decided to land at Fresno, the nearest airport to those national park. I believe that was the best decision because it saved us from five hours driving with a toddler lol.

The Star of Mojave Desert : Joshua Tree!

I have mixed feeling about this place. Harus diakui, keputusan "mampir" ke Joshua Tree National Park dalam trip kemarin adalah keputusan yang salah hahaha. Kami sedikit lupa kalo kami travel dengan bayi, dan jujur aja, hal itu merubah semua. Speed jadi berkurang, dikit-dikit harus berhenti karna bayi bosan di mobil, belum lagi pasang car seat di mobil sewaan juga jadi PR tersendiri. But well, it happened and we took it as valuable lesson for us, as new parent. 

AMNH: Night at The Museum

As a big fan of Natural History Museum, coming to the extended opening hours are a must! Kapan lagi bisa ngerasain night a the museum di tempat asli shootingnya yekan. So here we go our experience in American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) yang ada di New York City. 

Living in the "Cars" Movie : Zion National Park

I really underestimate this one at the beginning. I mean, compared to the great Grand Canyon, I thought Zion is just "another famous national park". But I was wrong! Zion was so beautiful and dreamy. Not exaggerating, it was like entering another world.

Valley of Fire State Park

Di perjalanan kami dari Zion National Park ke Las Vegas, kami sempat mampir ke salah satu state park tertua di US, yaitu Valley of Fire. Tempat ini masuk ke state Nevada dan dikelola oleh pemerintah state, jadi statusnya adalah State Park. Thats why, even sudah punya American Beautiful Pass (pass buat masuk ke national park), kita tetep harus bayar entrance fee $15 per kendaraan saat memasuki wilayah ini.

Catching Sunrise at The Grand Canyon

Here come the star of the show: The Great Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon terletak di Arizona, sekitar 4,5 jam dari Las Vegas. Tapi karena kami ngide ke Joshua Tree National Park dulu, jadilah it took around 6 hours menuju kesini dari California. Sepanjang perjalanan asli sepi banget. It just us with road and the sky. Kami sempet berhenti di rest area buat makan di Wendys and grabbed a coffee before heading to Seligman (the famous route 66) then going straight to Grand Canyon. 

Red Rock Canyon National Park

Happy winter break!

Semenjak stay di US pengen BANGET bisa explore National Park yang ada disini. Constrain besar kami saat ini adalah ada bayi 15 bulan yang harus ikut dibawa kemana-mana kita pergi lol. Sedangkan national park kan outdoor, mostly butuh road trip. It took us quite a while before deciding to go. As a parent we worried about his wellbeing during the trip.

"Mau makan gak ya"

"Nanti tidur siangnya gimana"

"Duduk di carseat lama bosen gak ya dia"

At the end we decided to give it a go. If it not going well, at least we tried.