Just a little 5 hour drive this time and we reach South Lake Tahoe. The drive through the mountains was beautiful and the lake even more so. On the way we managed to find a Walmart rather than expensive corner shops in tiny villages, so tonight we treated ourselves to burgers, ooo it's the little things that count :) We made it to the information centre just on time to pick up a paper with camping and hiking info. So decided on the closest campground,Campground o...

After a longer than expected drive, from Death Valley instead of the intended Bishop, we arrive into Yosemite National Park via the Toiga Pass; a beautiful drive at nearly 10,000 ft elevation. We pass through toluene meadows and see lots of rock climbers on the way. We kinda rushed this part as we wanted to get to our 'first come first served' campsite that usually sells out at 8.30am...It was 4.30pm on a Friday when we arrived!! Chances were very slim, but we ha...

So leaving Vegas... planned to leave at 8am as we'd heard Death Valley was a long drive, and we wanted to camp about three hours outside it a) to get away from the heat b) so we'd be near the next destination to get a campsite in a first come first serve place, where they queue from 6.30am in the morning!! Left Vegas at 8.30am which was pretty good I thought, and I had previously spoken to Kenny about the different routes we could take by showing him on a PDF ...

Today we ventured to our first America National Park, but not without an eventful start. This trip kinda entails Kirstie driving and organising, Kenny chilling and cooking. So when Kenny decides to help me the morning we are leaving by finding out the visitor centre address, and comes across the fact that their has just been a flash flood and some of the park is closed, I'm like, 'why couldn't you have helped me last night?' So back into the hostel we go, trying ...

We Love San Diego!! Arrived at about 4pm and just chillaxed for the rest of the day. We deserve a rest after successfully driving through LA, the part we had been dreading most. They had hammocks, table tennis and plenty of staff made brochures on what best to do in San Diego. We wanted to go to Mexico for the day but were advised against it by numerous people, as we risk not getting back into America. So that put that idea out the window. The evening we spent a...