We get to seattle with only minimal traffic jams and the first job is to get rid of the hire car. After 50 days it was time to hand our trusted mobile back to hertz for the next intrepid adventurer! We drop our bags at our hotel and then head downtown for the drop off. After giving the car back we take some time to find our bearings in the downtown area. We then go for a well deserved drink, and a sports bar with a happy hour is the perfect place for a chilled gl...

So after our morning at the Oregon Vortex we had a day in the car to move futher north and another one nighter this time in Portland. This stay leads itself to another very boring blog entry! We arrived in time to get a few nibbles to have in the room for dinner and had a very unexciting night in front of the TV. Sounds rubbish but for us its actually really nice just to do nothing when we spend so much of our time out and about. We were also happy to relax as th...

I am afraid to say that this blog isnt any better than the last one. Another stopover on our road north this time a little town called Medford. After another long drive we spent the evening having dinner and watching a bit of tv. Our reason for choosing this town was not entirely geography. We had met a couple at six flags theme park who had told us to visit a place called the oregon vortex and house of mystery about 15 miles north of medford. "The Oregon V...

So its back to civilisation and the city of choice is Sacramento. No disrespect to the folks of sacramento but our reason for this is more one of geography. The city is heading in the direction of our next big stopover in Seattle and is somewhere to catch up on our correspondance and chill out for a couple of nights. Due to some pretty bad forest fires about 30 miles from the city, the air was very smoky and according to the people of sacramento they had not seen...

After the relative comfort of our accommodations to date we were now to add a new dimension to our all american experience. Camping in Yosemite National Park! Instead of buying the tent, sleeping bags and all the camping paraphenalia we booked in to use one of their pre pitched tents on a campsite called white wolf. It was about 8000 feet above the valley and compared to the other accommodations offered it was pretty remote. Needless to say before we left i dragg...