The Oregon Coastline seemed to pass in a flash. Heading north from Trinidad on the 101 we were hoping to see Elk and weren't disappointed. There were a couple of spots of the big beasts wandering around taking no notice of passers by, boys were amazed how big the male was with his antlers, not to be messed with. One of the highlights for the boys was our jaunt into the Redwoods National Park just before the Oregon border. The boys had been pretty blase about mo...

Sadly leaving Tahoe behind us but happy in the knowledge we will definitely be back someday. We took the 50 up the Eastern shore of Tahoe lakeside very quickly crossing the stateline into Nevada & were promptly met with kitch casinos and several $6 marriage license vendors...quality! We dropped out of the mountains into the desert passing through Carson City then Reno on the long drive north on the 395. Brief lunch at an old logging/railway town called Susan...

After 2 gorgeous days of over 35 degrees in Yosemite we set off for our 2nd destination Lake Tahoe. After a couple of hours of stinking hot driving along some country back roads and reservoirs we turned right at Jackson and headed up the 88 back into the Sierra Nevada. The temperature dropped dramatically as we climbed through some stunning pine forests. The drive out of Carson Pass was spectacular as we passed Silver Lake. We arrived at Tahoe Valley Campgroun...

Mon here - well can't say that my first impressions were as bad as I expected. Picking up the RV and navigating our way to Walmart for supplies was a fun experience and after one of the fastest shops on record we were on our way to Yosemite Pines RV Park. Henry did very well driving the RV which feels a bit like being in a big white bath tub full of water and parking it is a whole nother kettle of fish. We arrived at the park after about 3 hours on the road an...

OK so we've had a great couple of days in SF being quintessential tourists and getting over the flight. We've done Fisherman's Wharf, ridden open top tour buses around the city and over the GG bridge, been to an SF Giants baseball game tonight, ridden the F-Line (tram), shopped in town. But we've had enough of town and are itching to go pick up the beast tomorrow morning and get on the road into the country. It's really surprising how sunny but cold the SF micro-...