'Joolayee it's 6.35am' was the next thing I was aware of! Feck! Feck! We've slept in! We had 25 minutes to get up and ready. I had to have a shower and wash, dry my hair and pack everything away! I left the hotel at 7.05am with hair almost dry. Monique had checked out and hailed a cab. I finished my hair at the Kyoto in the toilets, while in there, a girl came in who looked 'Contiki' I asked her and yes! Not only was she 'Contiki', she was English, Rachael, I was...

'Joolayee it's 6.35am' was the next thing I was aware of! Feck! Feck! We've slept in! We had 25 minutes to get up and ready. I had to have a shower and wash, dry my hair and pack everything away! I left the hotel at 7.05am with hair almost dry. Monique had checked out and hailed a cab. I finished my hair at the Kyoto in the toilets, while in there, a girl came in who looked 'Contiki' I asked her and yes! Not only was she 'Contiki', she was English, Rachael, I was...

I was awake before my alarm again. I lay there checking fbk and sending messages, instead of getting up, I justified it by saying that I didn't want to wake the others up, even though it was 7.30am and their tickets said they were checking out too. Dave's alarm went off so I got up. When I came out of the shower everyone was up. I chatted to Ellie from NZ and Claire from Milton Keynes, who had done camp America previously. I was telling them about G and they knew...

Early in the go again! Out of camp just after 7. Getting up wasn't easy with the late night. We drove to a viewpoint nearby, we only stayed a couple of minutes, the sun had just risen over the high valley walls. I took a coupe of bad photos and read a really inspiring quote in a sign: 'The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapour ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, ...

The alarm went off at 5.30am so Becky could get a shower. I decided to get up and have a quick shower to feel refreshed. I had breakfast, honey nut loops and a bagel with cream cheese (Philly to us Brits). G had this cool toaster thing for the camping stove. We packed up the camp and tents, loaded the trailer and were on the road by 7.22am. There was a lot of driving but once through the Tioga pass, we quickly came to the half dome viewpoint. I climbed out onto t...