Our camping ground was on the beach so we spent some time watching the sun go down, nice. It was funny when the guy just came cruising past on his bike and there were alot of guys out surfing.

Back in California and Death Valley was our first stop. We weren't overly impressed but to be fair to Death Valley we have seen so much of this style of landscape that I think our perspective was a bit jaded. Next we went to Sequoia National Park which I though was beautiful. Little streams and windy roads going up and up into lovely bush with amazing views looking down. Then of course you go further in and you reach the Sequoia trees with the famous General ...

It is hot in the desert!! Jim had a grin from ear to ear the whole time we were driving down this big long road with only desert on either side. We decided to not plan our campsite ahead and just wing it. Were quickly reminded how badly wrong this plan always went for us in Europe. All the RV parks we saw in Yucca Valley just looked grim so we decided to try the next towns. That didn't work so we had a look to see what came up on Sat Nav and ended up going d...

Really liked San Diego even though they wouldn't let us celebrate St Patricks Day. Who would have thought we would need id to get into pubs! So we had a yummy dinner at a Brazilian restaurant and then a couple of quiet beers back in the van. You could easily forget you were in America, there is such a strong mexican influence here. The weather is great so all is good. We had heard that the San Diego Zoo and Animal Park were really good, and they were. Reall...

A little drive through the end of the Sierra Nevada to Lake Isabella turned out worth while. On route to the camping ground there was some amazing scenery. It was hilarious to see all the RV's at the waters edge they looked just like animals at a watering hole. The camping ground itself was a treat from the lovely girl in the office who didn't know what wifi was to the truly cowboy pub attached where the owner was propped at the bar. We have finally found som...