5th March Up and out sharp to squeeze as much into our day as possible. Pick up a Caramel latte and hit Golden Gate Park - just a ten minute walk from Jims place. Pretty scenes. Seen a lake and an enormous bird hiding in the reeds. Kind of like a Herron. Wandered about there for a while. Rose garden - no roses...Went to observetary tower but it was closed. Pretty foggy day anyway so not sure the views would have been any good. Walked to Haight-Ashburry from ther...

Up and out sharp to squeeze as much into our day as possible. Pick up a Caramel latte and hit Golden Gate Park - just a ten minute walk from Jims place. Pretty scenes. Seen a lake and an enormous bird hiding in the reeds. Kind of like a Herron. Wandered about there for a while. Rose garden - no roses...Went to observetary tower but it was closed. Pretty foggy day anyway so not sure the views would have been any good. Walked to Haight-Ashburry from there, a crazy ...

Today is the last day of our epic road trip and this fills me with sadness. However, I know more adventure awaits. Still, the thought of leaving the team hurts a little bit. We leave the hostel at 8am and breakfast in the van for the last time while listening to some trip classics. It's a great drive to San Fran. Pass by Oakland (apparently pretty rough), see some almond trees which look like cherry blossoms - stretches and stretches of them. They call Californi...

Once again up at the crack of dawn and enjoyed a free breakfast at the Motel amongst a massive team of wrestlers. As good a way to start the day as any. "On the road again" (we play this song alot) on our way to Yosemite National Park. It was a beautiful day in the park, cold but bright and crispy. There was some snow on the ground which made the hike we did a bit of a battle but all good fun. We took a wee picnic and munched that next to the "Grizzly Giant" tree...

Alarm goes off at 6.15am. It does not feel good. Rhona and I are a bit worse for wear with lots of driving to do today to Bakersfield, California. We drive first to Death Valley. It's super hot. Have a wee picnic and see a coyote. Feel so much better after eating lunch...I'm back in. We are surrounded by such odd shaped land. Volcanic plates have caused the land to push up and then storms of heavy downpours have shaped it into odd formations. It looks like its be...