The pictures tell it all on this blog - Karen has captured Yosemite brilliantly and my limited vocabulary will probably make this special place sound like all of the other wild places we have visited. It won't stop me having a go though! The way - leaving San Francisco 19 September 2011 We had kind of agreed that it would be madness to drive in central San Francisco but somehow we had booked a car to be picked up in downtown. It was almost disastrous - Alamo ...

Tony Bennett has indeed left his heart in San Francisco after donating a cute heart sculpture in Union Square - see photo. We have left many a footprint after spending a fabulous three days walking around the City. Stuart is very fond of SF with this being his third visit and I was really looking forward to experiencing the haunts he has spoken about for many years. I too have now become a fan of this laid back and quirky metropolis. Crossing the Ba...

Money to tight to mention Departing Vancouver Island - Tuesday 13th September Well I was being tight - we had purchased a full tank of fuel up front so could drop the hire car off empty and that was my goal. I had eighty miles left in the tank and calculated that $8 would get us enough to make the trip back in good time to drop the car off, book our luggage on board the Seattle ferry, post some things back home and have breakfast. $8 paid, the Satnav indicated...