Tuesday12th May Set off early again along the Pacific Coast road heading for Santa Barbara where we stopped for brunch. We we not sure if we would be able to go through, as they have had terrible fires in the city but there was not any evidence of fire around the city at all so they must have got them under control. Santa Barbara was very picturesque we had a walk around the town before setting off once again. We followed the Pacific Coast road all the way do...

Saturday 9th May We drove down to Monterey, driving through sand dunes along the way. We eventually arrived in Monterey which was a very beautiful town, with great beaches and a great couple of piers. We parked up on the sea front and had a walk along the commercial pier where the fishing boats docked and there were places to buy fresh fish from. Walking along we could hear the familiar noise of Sea lions in the harbour, They were under the pier and out in the m...

Friday 8th May After a nice Breakfast, we drove up highway 29 through the Napa valley, it was very beautiful and got better the further north we went. There were mile upon mile of vineyards as far as the eye could see. We drove to the end of the highway then turned round and headed back down the valley, stopping off at the quaint town of St Helena. We had been given some tasting vouchers from the hotel we stopped at and stopped off at the first one which was th...

Tuesday 5th May Made our way down to the bay and along to the piers on foot, the hotel wasn't that far. We walked along a wall out into the sea which gave a good view of the Golden Gate bridge even though the mist was quite thick over the bay. We stood and watched a cruise ship come into the bay and dock at one of the piers. We continued our walk along the bay front and soon got to Fisherman's wharf. The first pier was part of the National Park with ships of all...

Friday 1st May This isn't a mistake with the date, we arrived in Hawaii on the 1st of May at six O'clock in the morning. Crossing the international date line is quite confusing still the 1st of May had been very hectic the first time it was nice to have another go at it. Found our way to the hotel, there was a very good bus service which dropped us at the door, the hotel was two blocks away from Waikiki beach and the room was on the fourteenth floor with fantas...