Big Sur Road trip! We were really looking forward to our road trip back towards the coast and down the Big Sur heading for L.A. Took around 4 hours in the Mustang to get from Yosemite to lovely Lucia Lodge on the Big Sur coast. The Highway had been closed recently due to bad rock falls but opened up the day before so we were really lucky that we managed to really drive the Big Sur! Stopped in at Carmel on the coast beforehand which is just south of Monterey - ...

Sunday 12th June 2011 After little Lucia Lodge, little Lucy took to the Mustang and headed to LA driving Pacific Highway 1. This is absolutely the best road to drive in the world, especially in a convertible. We couldnt help stopping off along the way to take pictures of this road ... it had been closed recently due to rock slides but luckily for us it re-opened the day before so we were able to drive the entire length all the way to Los Angeles! We made a qu...

Friday 10th June, 2011 - Day trip to Yosemite National Park Got up early, the campsite made a packed lunch for us and we headed first to Mariposa Grove where they have giant redwood trees - they are very big and some are over 900 years old, although my highlight was seeing little chipmunks!!!!!! Got in to Yosemite valley, roads were very busy, lots of tourists on lots of coach trips but the views are breathtaking, the photos we have taken give you an idea but E...

Leaving chilly, windy, sunny San Francisco for 32 degrees in Yosemite national park - perfect weather for our red Mustang convertible!!!! Managed to squeeze our massive bags in to the boot and one strapped in to the back seat. We headed out of San Francisco, via Lombard Street (The crookedest Street) on the Bay Bridge and on to highway 140 and Highway 99 where we stopped at a 1980's diner for some lunch ... Lucy's salad was bigger than her head!!! And we were t...

Hi Everyone! Apologies for not 'blogging' sooner but we have had a few glitches with uploading pictures etc, we are all systems go now so keep checking back for updates! The 10 hour flight from the UK to San Franciso was made a little easier by free beer and as we were the honeymooners we received complementary champagne! The movies were cool and we also saw Iceland, Greenland and the Rockys from our window along with loads of huge icebergs, we tried to look o...