Death Valley Part 1 - Wednesday

Wow - This place is HOT! Highest Temp today was 118F (48C)!! Luckly, because we left so early, we managed to get a lot done before the heat really hit.

Today we visited:

Dantes View Point

20 Mule Canyon

Hole In The Wall

Badwater, Lowest point in the US (282 Feet BELOW Sea Level)

We also visited Zabriski Point, Natural Bridge, Artists Drive and Devils Golf Course.
We had planned to visit Golden Canyon but this was a 1-2 Mile Trek and the heat was just too much for us to do.

However, as we were leaving, we were amazed that it started to RAIN! In such high temps rain can still fall, just to be sure we stopped and stood out for a refreshing shower!

To add to everything, today our hire car has broke! We are now awaiting a replacement car to arrive from Los Angeles, over 200 miles away!

More to follow tomorrow!

Tuesday 28th July

Nothing much to report today!

Day was spend travelling to Lone Pine, CA (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Lone+Pine,+CA,+USA&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.157147,39.331055&ie=UTF8&ll=36.584658,-118.086891&spn=0.139494,0.307274&z=12&iwloc=A).

We have checked into the hotel which is very nice, large enough room including a fridge, 32" tv and oversized room.

We had a quick look around town and sorted out our trip tomorrow.

We will be setting off at 5.30am as we have our furthest trip.

Yosemite Part 3 - Monday

Our final day here at Yosemite and with much already visited we were left with a trip to Yosemite Valley.

Most of our time was spent at the water fall and to get some of the photos we started our own rock climb!:

Once up mind you we got some great pictures.... as well as getting wet!

En Route, we found another river:

Hottest Temperture today was: 106F (41C)

Tomorrow we head off to Death Valley!

Yosemite Part 2 - Sunday

TomTom v Humans: Episode 1 - The initial push!

On day 2 we travelled up into the highest points of Yosemite and came out with some spectacular pictures, however we relied on Sat Nav to get us there and this is the road it gave us!

Dirt Track through Yosemite Forest

Once arriving however we stopped off at this river:

We then set off towards Glacier Point and were stunned by the views we were presented with:

Hottest Temperature today was 108F (42C)

Part three coming soon!

Yosemite Part 1

After leaving San Francisco in glorious sunshine we began the journey to Yosemite, after getting out of town we found ourselves on glorious country roads as can be seen in the pictures.

Day 1 in Yosemite gave us a great drive to lake mono taking in some beautiful views and the glorious Tenaya Lake, some pictures below. This drive took us most of the day due to the distance we had to cover.

More to follow

Friday 24th July

Well today saw a visit to Alcatraz! A VERY early morning start saw us arriving at Pier 33 for our 10 min boat trip over to the island. Here are a few pics:

In the afternoon we went to Pier 39 (Fishermans Whalf), not many pictures taken here as it was basically lots of shops! However we did see some animals!

We are now off to Yosemite Nation Park.....