Actual date: 12th feb. up not too late today and i was driving , although i think nichol was scared coz i only drove for an hour and a half!! headed through Death Valley. Really pretty scenery and surprisingly varied. Stopped in at scotty's castle which was a castle built in the middle of the desert. Then Headed for the salt creek which runs all year round and is super salty (I'm sure there's a picture of Nichol tasting the water somewhere! There are also these s...

ACTUAL DATE: 11th feb. Fresno is the fifth largest Californian city! There u go... Chippies and salsa for breakfast left over from dinner last night and off shopping to get some snacks for today. We drove and drove and drove and stopped in Bakersfield which is a bit of a bogan town, looks like an industrial town. Couldn't did anything that wasn't a burger so we went to the bogan supermarket/ food warehouse and bought some rolls, avocado (which taste awesome here)...

ACTUAL DATE: 10th feb...Gong xi fa cai!! Got up early and had a bagel from the new Costco toaster using the special bagel setting (apparently in America you only toast one side of the bagel) went into San Fran city to return a jacket that I bought for not being warm enough... If it struggles in California, imagine it in Canada!! Drove along the scary highways out of the cities and drive through the funny little hick towns; this is the joy of driving!! Yosemite i...

ACTUAL DATE: 9th feb...Waited round until 10ish to pick Barney up from the Caltrain to go red wood hunting near the coast. Stop 1... Santa Cruz pier. Saw some lovely and very noisy sea lions who are apparently different from seal as noticeable by their ears (they have pokey out ones) then had a candy/ caramel apple; good thing I went to the dentist before I left! Then a not-too-bad coffee and back into the car to find the 'big ben' redwood. Stopped at the designa...

ACTUAL DATE: 7th feb...Went Shopping to buy a warmer jacket for me and a jacket for nichol. the department stores are huge and a little too much to navigate so we ended up at marmut and the north face. about half way through we headed to china town for some dim sum which is American for yum cha. We ordered off a menu instead of a trolley which was different but apparently not typical. The building was really pretty inside... Ming dynasty-esque! Got tired of shopp...