Steve and Shelle

We arrived into Anaheim in the afternoon and got settled into the hotel. Since we had decided to spend two nights there was no need to rush. We headed to Downtown Disneyland to check out the Disney Emporium Store and choose what we wanted to buy the next day. He he he. We also brought our tickets for Disneyland! 1st of April, a day I had waited 26 years for; I was going to Disneyland. We got up early, dressed making sure I had my “first visit” badge on straight and off we went across the street to DISNEYLAND. My excitement levels were building. We got there when the gates opened at 9am. We headed straight to the "Indiana Jones" ride, we waited in line for a little while, until we were told the ride was ... read more

Today we had a relaxing day at the Joshua Tree National Park. The park is located in southeastern California. A large part of the park is designated to wilderness area; some 2,367 km². Straddling the San Bernardino County/Riverside County border, the park includes parts of two deserts, each an ecosystem whose characteristics are determined primarily by elevation. Below 3,000 feet the Colorado Desert encompasses the eastern part of the park and features natural gardens. The Little San Bernardino Mountains run through the southwest edge of the park. Its not that far from LA so we won’t have to rush to return the car by midday, all part of the plan. We entered the park from the southern entrance and proceeded to drive north through the park. Our first stop was of course the visitor centre to ... read more

It was the afternoon when we arrived in Las Vegas, while we had the car we decided to take a drive down Sunset Strip. There was plenty of lights to see, as well as the people and the different themed hotels. We were certainly far from home. Upon arriving at our hotel, the Luxor and we were greeted by a porter, he took care of our bags and valet parked our car (for free too, not like Melbourne hotels.) The hotel is huge. It is the third largest in Vegas with 4,400 rooms and has an Egyptian theme. The tower we stayed in, which has a gaming area, bars, buffet restaurants was actually the shape of a giant pyramid. It was very over whelming. We checked into our room and enjoyed the view as it overlooked ... read more

After we left Yosemite National Park we drove to Kings Canyon National Park. Unfortunately it was closed for the closed for winter but we were able to get a fantastic view over the park on our way through a very small section. We really didn't miss too much as Kings Canyon National Park is similar to Yosemite National Park. So on we drove to Sequoia National Park where we hoped to see more of the beautifull sequoia trees. We had to race against time to get there. We could still see the park as long as we wanted but we had to get our map and cloth badge from the visitor centre which would be closing at 4.30pm. We raced into the park to got what we needed and then the pace slowed right down and ... read more

We spent a few days exploring San Francisco. It was a great city with super big hills - I know we walked them. Before we knew it we had cross the Golden Gate Bridge and we had arrived in San Francisco. It was a lovely sunny day so we went to for a walk to explore the bay and Fisherman’s Wharf and get tickets for Alcatraz. It was a bit of a distance but nothing we couldn’t handle. Lucky we did get our tickets the day before for Alcatraz, because they were sold out for that day, and there was only a few places left for the trip the next day. We caught the earliest we could, trying to avoid the crowd as much as possible. We had a date; 9am tomorrow we were going to ... read more