Today was my last day on my US tour and visited the one place I had been longing to see in San Francisco and that is Alctraz. It was fantastic. I did not know much about the history before going but was totally engrossed when I got there. Alctraz is a NP located about 15 mins out in the middle of San Fran bay. It is a jail on its own island. It was a Federal jail but was shut down because it was too expensive too run. The jail is still in good shape and tha...

Today I decided to torture myself and get up at 6am to go on a tour of Yosemite NP. Again this was excellent, the scenery in the NP was beautiful, lots of waterfalls etc. Our driver ...well I dont know if he was but he was acting very blonde!!! Said the most random things on the way there. Got back about 9 pm - so a long day and packed my stuff for Aus!!!! Good luck to Scotty and the Vantis boys in their cricket match against Frosts - Sue I want to see all ...

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear meeeee, happy birthday to me!!!!! Many thanks for all your birthday messages and presentsxxxxx Today I thought the best way to spend my bday was by getting pissed, so I booked myself on a wine tour to the Nappa Valley. It was excellent!!! We stopped at about 5 wineries and tried between 3-5 different glasses of wine!!!! We also stopped as Somosa and went to the wineries there. There was one wine...

Hello. I have now arrived in San Francisco. I did not do much in my last day in Las Vegas except lounge by the pool. I got a taxi from the airport to my accommodation, oh my god it feaked me out the driver was a madman and thought he was on a race track I sweaer. My accommodation in San Francisco is located just off market street on the 7th street so a pretty central location. The only downside being the number of tramps lerking outside. Took the cable car ...

Hello!!! I had the best day today so far on my adventure. The grand canyon is awesome and for anyone who is going to Las Vegas they must go on a helicopter flight over the canyon and then stop off at the ranch it is value for money. I booked a lunchtime canyon flight as I had my concert to go to in the evening. There were 6 of us on the flight. the 5 others were all from the UK (Norfolk) We had a safety video first before our flight and we had to be all weigh...