OK so for Napa, this blog is a guest entry and written by Caroline. Who as you will see is a far better writer than me :-) Open 10.30 ish to 4.00. Maybe. Calistoga is the municipal version of a nap on the sofa after a long and leisurely Sunday lunch: a mellow, tipsy, dozy, 'everything's a bit too much of an-effort, so I think I'll just lie here' kind of place.We arrived on a hot Tuesday afternoon via the beautiful 'valley of the moon' and headed straight for ...

I'm not amused with this website. I had written a long blog for both Saturday and Sundays activities in San Francisco so as to be up to date by the time Caroline arrived out from the UK to join me for the last part of my trip (I mean who wants to wine taste alone!) but the site crashed and I lost my blogging. As I was not in the mood to write it all again and since Caroline arrived finding time to write has been hard, I am writing this as a summary now of all the...

It's another longer travel day so a short entry in the blog. I eat a long leisurely breakfast with Carol and Sherman, pack my things up and say my goodbyes. It really would have been good to stay another night but I guess that's a good reason to come back to Yosemite as I feel like I only just scratched the surface of this beautiful place. The drive was a little boring again. To be fair having driven Route 1 anything else is bound to be boring, but the good new...

Carol and Sherman are lovely hosts, i just feel like I am staying with my Grandparents. Last night Carol asked me at what time I wanted breakfast, so at 7am the three of us sat down to homemade pancakes, fruits, bacon and she even made me a cup of tea. I had planned a full day in the park today as I was not sure whether I would have time to visit tomorrow as well and wanted to get the most out of my day, by 8am I was on the road. The place where I am staying is...

I'm not going to write much today as it was really just a travel day. I did a quick run in the morning, had a leisurely breakfast then said goodbye to Annemarie (shown in the photo). I've been trying to take pictures with all my hosts. The drive to Ahwahnee (village nearish Yosemite Park) was long and boring and I started to wonder whether it was worth coming all this way for only 2 nights, oh well I'm doing it now. I arrived at Carol and Sherman's house arou...