RAIN....SLEET....SNOW...FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
I really don't know what else to say. We got up and had a good breakfast and decided to take advantage of the great hot tub and indoor pool. We had just gotten in our swimsuits and made it to the hot tub when the electricity went off...and didn't come on even after we waited a while. So we gave up on that. Back to the room to begin packing up in the dark when suddenly the power came back on! IT WAS FREEZING COLD!
The rain was so cold and we really were not prepared with the right clothes for this.
We actually did see deer in the landscaped gardens here and it was really very nice. At this point we are getting very good at packing and unpacking quickly.
Most of the photos taken today were taken from the inside of the car or with Steve driving and me with my window down taking photos!
Our little rental...a Hyundai Elantra. It was great and got really good mileage!
And then suddenly...about now....we realized the rain was turning to sleet and snow.
Brrr is all I can say now.
Check out the icy highway. I was so nervous!!!
Steve called this one the Griswold family Christmas tree for this year!
Elevation 7000 feet!
Out of all of the nights that we have stayed in California, this next one in Sequoia National Park was the most disappointing! Wusachi Lodge has the perfect location and online it read like a dream. Not! The entire lodge feel simply does not exist. From the moment we arrived, we kept looking for that ONE thing that would make us feel welcome--and simply did not find it. It had been raining/sleeting heavily and everyone that waited with us in the lobby was soaked (as we were) to the bone.
One guest had to ASK them to light the Franklin stove--that's right, no fireplace in the lobby of the lodge. The lodge looks lovely from the outside, but inside you find it is only the lobby for registration, an overpriced gift shop and overpriced restaurant. The restaurant happens to be the only place to eat without driving for over an hour! No rooms are located at the lodge. Many guests came in with their luggage. The rooms are in detached units that you have to drive to. Parking is not close to the rooms nor to the lodge entrance. When we arrived today, there was not even a covered area available to get out and check in...or unload luggage. A girl at the desk named Roshanda was polite, but the other guy was almost rude when he informed Steve (laughingly) that he would want to make reservations for dinner at "their restaurant" since it is the only place to eat. After waiting for about 45 minutes for our room to be finished by housekeeping (checkin is at 4, checkout at 11), we finally get our room. THIS is the time the girl at the desk asked us if we'd like some coffee. Everyone in the lobby, along with us, would have loved this an hour ago!
The parking lot had several luggage carts for all of us to lug up the sidewalk toward the buildings that housed our rooms. No one was there to offer any assistance, even though there were guests that were older and likely needed it. Even in the middle of snow and ice there was no help whatsoever.
After we got into our room, we started looking through the guidebook provided in the room. We needed to do laundry and were happy to see there were two locations on site. We called the front desk and found that one had closed for the season and the other (in the LODGE) had never existed there!
Out of all of the nights that we have stayed in California, this next one in Sequoia National Park was the most disappointing! Wusachi Lodge has the perfect location and online it read like a dream. Not! The entire lodge feel simply does not exist. From the moment we arrived, we kept looking for that ONE thing that would make us feel welcome--and simply did not find it. It had been raining/sleeting heavily and everyone that waited with us in the lobby was soaked (as we were) to the bone.
One guest had to ASK them to light the Franklin stove--that's right, no fireplace in the lobby of the lodge. The lodge looks lovely from the outside, but inside you find it is only the lobby for registration, an overpriced gift shop and overpriced restaurant. The restaurant happens to be the only place to eat without driving for over an hour! No rooms are located at the lodge. Many guests came in with their luggage. The rooms are in detached units that you have to drive to. Parking is not close to the rooms nor to the lodge entrance. When we arrived today, there was not even a covered area available to get out and check in...or unload luggage. A girl at the desk named Roshanda was polite, but the other guy was almost rude when he informed Steve (laughingly) that he would want to make reservations for dinner at "their restaurant" since it is the only place to eat. After waiting for about 45 minutes for our room to be finished by housekeeping (checkin is at 4, checkout at 11), we finally get our room. THIS is the time the girl at the desk asked us if we'd like some coffee. Everyone in the lobby, along with us, would have loved this an hour ago!
The parking lot had several luggage carts for all of us to lug up the sidewalk toward the buildings that housed our rooms. No one was there to offer any assistance, even though there were guests that were older and likely needed it. Even in the middle of snow and ice there was no help whatsoever.
After we got into our room, we started looking through the guidebook provided in the room. We needed to do laundry and were happy to see there were two locations on site. We called the front desk and found that one had closed for the season and the other (in the LODGE) had never existed there!
This guest looks like he stayed here too long as well...
While I like the stove, it just didn't give the feel you expect in a lodge when you expected a big roaring fireplace!
Steve pointed this out in the guide book in our room at the Wuksachi Lodge...we cracked up over the one that says "Never try to take food back from a bear"....really? I'm sure that's just what we would try to do. They said they've had cars all scratched up and even some flipped over by the black bears trying to get to food and even toothpaste left in the cars overnight.
Giant redwoods.
FREEZING.....COLD.....CAN NO LONGER FEEL MY FEET.....
32 DEGREES AS STEVE CHECKS OUT THIS ROTTED OUT REDWOOD.
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