YOSEMITE BY CAR
Tunnel View
Glacier Point
Lower Yosemite Falls (You can see Upper & Lower Falls from this short trail)
Bridal Veil Falls
El Capitan Meadows
YOSEMITE HIKING
Clouds Rest (14.5 miles) - AMAZING hike with amazing views.
Upper Yosemite Falls (5.8 miles) - pretty steep hike with great views
Inspiration Point (2.6 miles) - Where Joey & Ariana got engaged
Mirror Lake (2.5 miles) - flat hike
Spider Caves - Fun caves to explore
YOSEMITE TIPS
Buy a National Parks Pass - $80 year long pass, or $10 lifetime pass for seniors, $30 fee for a car (7 days). You can buy this at the park entrance.
Bring or rent a bike!
Adventure Packages - available from Rush Creek Lodge, although we think you will enjoy yourself on a self guided tour :)
SAN FRANCISCO - TO SEE
Sutro Baths / Lands End
Ocean Beach - too cold to swim in :)
Sutro Tower / Twin Peaks - great views of the city & bay
Ferry Building Farmers Market
Musée Mécanique - turn of the century games (the only thing worth seeing in Fisherman's Wharf)
SF MOMA
Botanical Garden
DeYoung Museum
Palace of Fine Arts
SAN FRANCISCO - TO SEE
California Academy of Sciences
Conservatory of Flowers
Japanese Tea Garden
Painted Ladies - Full House houses
Alcatraz
Angel Island
The Exploratorium
Amoeba Records - historical record store
Rent Bikes! Bike to Tiburon, get a drink at Sam's and take the ferry back
Golden Gate Park
Dolores Park
SAN FRANCISCO
EATS & DRINKS
Starbelly - New American
Suppenkuche - German, Joey's fave!
Papalote - Neighborhood burritos
The Plant Organic - Great veggie burger
Holy Kitchen - Indian noms!
Lou's Cafe - Amazing sandwiches
Mandalay SF - Burmese
Kaiju Eats Ramen & Izakaya - Ramen
Cinderella Bakery - Tasty treats
City Beer Store - Taproom and shop
Mikkeller Bar - So many beers on draft
Almanac - One of our favorite breweries
Anchor Steam - Take the tour!
Fort Point Brewing - Beers & growlers
Cowgirl Cheese
NORTH BAY - MARIN
Golden Gate Bridge Vista point - west of the Golden Gate bridge
Sausalito - Cute town, views of SF
Muir Woods Redwood Forest
Point Reyes - Hiking & oysters
Mount Tamalpais (hiking)
Sol Food - Amazing Puerto Rican Restaurant
NORTH BAY - WINE COUNTRY
Cline Cellars (Sonoma)
Jacuzzi (Sonoma)
Gloria Ferrer (Sonoma) - Champagne
Soda Rock (Healdsburg)
Truett Burst (Healdsburg)
Bella Winery (Healdsburg)
Russian River Brewing (Santa Rosa)
Lagunitas Brewing (Petaluma) - take
the tour!
SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO
Big Sur - hiking and camping
Carmel - cute town
17 mile drive - Scenic Pebble Beach
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Santa Cruz - hiking & boardwalk - this is where lost boys was filmed
Podcasts to listen to!
The drive from the Bay Area is about 3 hours, so here are a few of our
favorite podcasts to keep you entertained on the way to Yosemite.
WTF with Marc Maron
A one on one interview show hosted by Marc Maron. He’s gotten everyone from comedians you’ve never heard of all the way to to Obama. We both like old SNL alumni.
WAit WAIT... Don't tell me!
A weekly news radio panel game show that's recorded in Chicago in front of a live audience. Hosted by Peter Sagal, with a number of comedians and special guests. Keep up with current events while laughing the whole time.
HARMONTOWN
Comedian/writer Dan Harmon hosts a weekly non-scripted, mostly improvisational, rant filled show. Each episode has random guests and nonsense.
THIS AMERICAN LIFE
NPR Radio show with a theme to each episode and a variety of stories around that theme. Most of the stories are journalism, with an occasional comedy routine.
One favorite is:
No Coincidence, No Story!
LORE
Lore is a podcast that explores the history and origins of common folklore. Each episode focuses on a specific topic, usually connected to the supernatural and explores how the fear of the unknown leads people to do horrific things.
HOW TO BE AMAZING
Michael Ian Black interviews a variety of writers, entertainers, artists, innovative thinkers and politicians using his dry, off-kilter humor.
Books to Read!
Here are some of our favorite books to listen to as you drive up to Yosemite,
or to read as you sit out by the pool, or cozy up in your room.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK •
BY James ANDREW Miller & Tom Shales
In their own words, SNL stars -- as well as members of the crew and guests recall more than a quarter-century's worth of great behind the scenes stories.
The BREWER'S TALE •
BY WILLIAM BOSTWICK
A beer-filled journey into the past: the story of brewers gone by and one brave writer’s quest to bring them—and their ancient, forgotten beers—back to life, one taste at a time.
The HUmorLEss Ladies of Border Control •
BY FRANZ NICOLAY
A one-of-a-kind travelogue exploring the intersection of literature, politics, and punk rock idealism in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, and Mongolia.
THE NIGHTINGALE •
BY KRISTIN HANNAH
Tells the story of two sisters, just coming of age in France on the eve of World War II, and their struggle to survive and resist the German occupation of France.
ChoKE •
BY CHUCK PALAHNIUK
A medical-school dropout, must find work to pay for his mother's care in a nursing home. *Warning: not for kids*
The Shining •
BY Stephen KING
"Better than the movie." - Joey
JOHN DIES AT THE END •
BY DAVID WONG
Hilarious horror comedy. Two slackers discover a drug that opens the portal to hell.
DAVID SEDARIS BOOKS:
Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. Sedaris is Ariana's favorite author :)
HARRY POTTER • JK ROWLING
A series of novels that chronicle the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The Dark Knight Returns • FRANK MILLER
"Batman comes out of retirement and fucks shit up" - Joey