Day 12 - Monterey extra pics Still having problems with photo uploader on this site changing things around, one was a photo of a sealion but had a title "sharan feels the sand in her her toes" if that got published I'd be walking to LA so here are a few extras...... read more

Day 11 - San Francisco SightSeeing, Distance traveled - Too much on foot! Our last full day in San Francisco so we decided to hit it hard and pound the pavements in a bid to see everything we had so far missed! First of course we needed the obligatory taxi ride with a foreign driver (South American of some sort this time) who once again didn't know where he was or where he was going. Bearing in mind our chosen destination was only seven miles away, is called Golden Gate Park, and is the largest municipal park in Northern America, 20% bigger than Central Park in New York, it was quite unbelievable! Having loaned him our tourist map so he could work out how to get to the 3 mile wide green square in the middle ... read more

Day 9 - Yosemite Lakes to San Francisco, Distance Travelled - 175 miles (mileage corrected) A reasonably long distance travelled today but not such a long day as there was a lot of 'interstate miles' covered. A lie in was in order after the long day in Yosemite, so we managed to brave the morning chill in the air till nearly 9-00. Itnwas then time to empty 'the tanks', unhitch the umbilical cords and we were on our way. The first 35 miles were a repeat of our journey in to Yosemite 2 days ago but this time not so scary as a) I am getting the hang of driving the beast and b) the passenger seat was up against the rock wall for most of the trip down, rather than hanging her arse out over ... read more

Day 8 - Yosemite Lakes campground to Yosemite Valley and back, Distance Travelled 60 miles. WOW! The drive and slightly panicy events of yesterday were quickly forgotten as today was an excellent and very memorable day in the Yosemite Valley, a truly amazing place to visit! We awoke to the sound of the local birds chirping and taking part in their own mini bird Olympics, running, jumping and fighting on the RV roof. Slightly disappointingly, there were no bears, no rattlesnakes and the worst wildlife we had to contend with at breakfast was the beautiful blue jays who wanted our cornflakes! The good thing about the campsite (there aren't many) was its proximity to the Yosemite park gates and within 5 miles of leaving the campground we were there and paying our $20 entrance fee. Now ... read more

Day 6 - Lake Isabella to Sequoia to Lake Isabella, Distance Travelled 96 miles. The original plan for today was to take advantage of Lake Isabella and jet ski/ canoe/white water raft etc etc as the guidebooks suggested but sadly the lake is pretty empty at the moment after the snow failed to fall during the winter and the local agriculture continues to use the water through the hot, dry summer so with half the lake gone and the remainder so low there are trees and land sticking out from beneath it, we had to come up with plan B. The lady in the office recommended a drive up to the forest, "it's only about an hour and it's easy to take a motorhome up there" were her famous last words...so she sold it to us ... read more