I found out that Mark had to go to the front desk for help getting back in when I did try and return. After waking up and whilst getting ready, I tried to call Kylie and Scott’s room for breakfast plans with Zoe, but got no answer. Down in the lobby I met up with Tanya, G, Graham, Neal, Kylie and Scott and our ride for the day, Julia, as Todd had to go into the office. Julia was a fellow Trek leader who Todd had managed to persuade to act as chauffeur for the day whilst he isn’t around. Everyone apart from Graham and Neal was heading to Universal Studios for the day, whilst they had persuaded Julia to help them track down the actual hospital used when filming Scrubs. After Julia was able to ... read more

Zoe, Kylie, Scott and I headed to San Diego Zoo and enjoyed a pretty good day out. After taking our time at first strolling along, we rushed to see everything we wanted, deciding to get on a tour bus around the zoo to help us decide what we wanted to come back and see. The sea lion show we saw was pretty awesome, seeing the aforementioned animal entertaining the crowd with ease. Damn they are good sliders! Seeing the polar bears, elephants and giraffes was pretty cool, and I end up buying a souvenir for Lewis in the gift shop. In the end I have to guess what size to get for him. When we met up with the others, Todd dropped us off in downtown San Diego for us to walk around and find our ... read more

After another lay in, I awoke when the guys knocked at our door to see if I was joining them to watch the World Cup semi-final between Holland and Uruguay. As I just woke up, I said I would meet up with them and asked which casino they were heading for – ESPN Zone at New York, New York. I then got up, showered, and changed, making sure I put on something orange to support Mark and his fellow countrymen. The only orange thing I had with me was one of my many Bubba Gump tees. Once I put that on and had everything I needed, I made the short, but still long because of my flip-flops, trip to the casino. When I finally arrived at New York, New York, and found a safe place to ... read more

It was yet another early start for us, as we headed 50 yards up to road into Zion National Park. There was a wide selection of hiking available, and whilst everyone apart from Zoe, Kylie and Scott went to Angels Landing, I decided to go off on my own hike to Watchman’s Trail. I didn’t fancy attempting Angels Landing, especially with the precarious footing and chains near the top. Once the Park bus dropped me off at the start of my walk, I had a quick look around at the surrounding rocks and cliffs. There was a small stream running nearby and the sound of its flowing water and the birds made for a pleasant start to the morning. As I set off on the walk, I quickly discovered I had the wrong stop and was ... read more

I was up at 5.55am and by 6.45am I had already showered, dressed, packed and had taken my tent down. After everyone else finally woke and had breakfast, I decided to give work a call, and ended up speaking to Karl before talking to Andi. She admitted that she was wanted to speak to me, especially as she wasn’t there the last time I called. I told her about all the incidents and injuries I’ve picked up, to which she responded that everyone at work felt that would happen to me! We talked for a good 10 or 15 minutes as I looked on at the others packing and loading up, before we finally ended the call. It was great to speak to Andi, and it seemed to have lifted me up more. Anyway, once we ... read more