SUNDAYHad to be waiting outside the hotel at 6.45am for our trip to Yosemite National Park and we were duly picked up by a small van which we thought would be a shuttle to a coach. Oh Oh!! Wrong! This was our transport!! The tour information said small groups but we thought it might at least have been a bit more luxurious. We 13 of us were squashed into it and the 4 of us were jammed into the back row. The steam was coming out of my ears by the time we had gone 5...

FRIDAYOur early flight to San Francisco was pretty uneventful lasting nearly six hours - no meals or anything on American Airlines - all the airlines are cutting back because of the fuel costs. Big penalties on extra luggage as well. We had arrived at the airport in what we thought was plenty of time (and hour before departure), but all the security etc meant we only just had time to grab a drink and a snack to take with us before we boarded.There was a marked di...

TUESDAYOur flight to New York was over very quickly - only 55 minutes and we had a bit of a treat because when we did our online check in there were very few seats left - Greg and Jasmin got two together but Sue and I were rows apart so I asked at the departure gate if we could change seats with someone and as we boarded the clerk gave us new seating together up the front with huge amounts of room! Once again score one for Rosey and his sweet-talking ability!!!It...

SUNDAYOur flight to Buffalo was not until 3.20pm so we didn't have to hurry at all this morning. Went for a drive to find a laundromat to do a pile of washing but found that they were full up with locals doing exactly the same thing! So the dirty clothes went back into the cases and we cleaned up the car and set out for Baltimore Airport (Southwest Airlines, the cheapest flights around do not fly out of Washington - BWI is about 45 miles away) stopping for a ...

FRIDAYGot set for a big day of touring the nations Capital - caught a taxi a short distance to the local Metro Station and then took the subway into central Washington. We bought an all day trolley bus pass and proceeded to do a loop taking in the major sights. The city was packed with everyday workers and each stop the bus made was packed out - just so many tourists!!! There was a brain overload of things to gawk at - White House, Capitol Building, Union Station...