San Diego and Phoenix 28th February - 2nd MarchStayed at 'Lucky D's' hostel in the middle of downtown which was a young hipster's paradise (we are no longer young). Not particularly clean and a bit scuzzy, but decentish. The fabled Gaslamp District was the nicest bit of town and full of touristy bars and restaurants, unfortunately a bit out of our price range - arse. Saw a fair few of 'the forces' wandering around town as san Diego is still a bit of a base...

26th and 27th February - Yosemite National Park We stayed at a place called 'Yosemite Bug', a small 'resort' that's about a 40 minute drive from Yosemite Valley. We got there in the pitch black on the first night after being dropped off by our guide Dave / 'Shaggy'. Trekked up a few steps to our 'tent cabin' to find that not only was it the size of a garden shed, but LITERALLY a garden shed. It was also covered in litter, freezing cold and had dirty bed linen ...

21st - 25th February - San Francisco Made it to San Fran the next day after another 8 hour bus trip. Hostel is right in the middle of downtown which is a top location, although unfortunately there were about 1,000 French kids staying there the first night which was agony. Sarah had to restrain me from irrevocably ending Anglo-French relations with a mass killing. Asked to move rooms the next morning as we'd been given the short straw and were sandwiched b...