We spent the next few days with Duncan and Zoe relaxing in San Jose where the sun was out and hot! Duncan and Ben played golf on Saturday near Carmel and Ben won the longest drive in the competition they were playing! Zoe and I went for a walk in the morning and then she treated me to a hot stone pedicure, which was lush after spending a month in walking boots. We went to a lovely place called the Counter for dinner one night where you can make your own burgers...

The drive from Death Valley to Yosemitee was long we entered the National Park via the East entrace and the toiga pass. We climbed to 10000ft and as we did the snow got thicker. We finally arrived at the North Pines campground at around 11.30pm, found a pitch and settled in for the night. The next morning we were up early and drove into the village for some much needed coffee before heading out of the village towardss Mariposa Grove. The park was pretty busy and...

After leaving the madness of Vegas we arrived in Death Valley a few hours later, where the temprature had reached about 100f and we finally reached sea level for the first time since being in America and setting off in Ray Ray. Technically we were 200ft below sea level but who is counting! Death Valley was strangly beautiful and we were due to stay overnight, however, much of the valley is not accessible unless you have a four wheel drive and little Ray Ray was ...

On the drive to Vegas we stopped off at the world famous Hoover Dam which is really impressive and stops the water and everything... Anyway we have been sleeping in the back of a car for a month and we haven't showered for two days so we went to Starbucks to use free wifi to see how much an extra night in Vegas would cost..... I think its the best $32 we have spent the whole trip! Especially when our room gets upgraded (thanks Mum, Dad, Dunc and Zoe). The second...

The journey to the South Rim Grand Canyon didn't take as long as we thought, a mere 2 hours. After a night of lightning, thunder and heavy rain we were glad to finally see the sun again. However, the very nice Park Ranger on the entrance broke the news gently telling us with a smile that a snow storm was on its way!!! It was pretty cold but we thought nothing could be as cold as Yellowstone, so we checked into our campsite and then headed out to the Desert View ...