Kirukkalkal

Though we have been living in the country for a while, haven’t really planned a good long vacation in California. We’ve been meaning to see the giant trees, lush green valleys of Yosemite and scenic Pacific coast, we kept postponing for several reasons. In a way, it was good that we didn’t plan there in the last 5 years though. The drought struck California and its effect on Yosemite waterfalls was so evident from the pictures. Luckily, the rains and snow during the last year had made the valley to come back! Day 1 (San Francisco): We started off in San Francisco and quickly drove away from the city after a day. The day that we spent in the city was a bit disappointing because of the heavy fog engulfing the Golden Gate Bridge. It was so bad that we could not see bridge even from a distance of about 100ft! Well, it wasn’t atypical for Golden Gate Bridge and we weren’t lucky enough to beat that. Downtown San Francisco had  lot  of things to offer - food,  road-side  chai shop and