Fear and Loving Las Vegas.

We stayed in a hotel on the Las Vegas strip for 4 nights and lived the high life for a while. The hotels were amazing and most of our time was spent just walking around and taking it all in. We also went to an Elvis: Cirque de Soleil show and managed to break even on the roulette tables.

Death Valley.

The next part of our trip involved driving through Death Valley National Park. Once again the landscape had completely changed from how it was the previous few days. We stopped off to look at some sand dunes, canyons and the desert which was 130ft below see level.

Yosemite National Park.

Wow!, is probably the only word you could use to describe Yosemite National Park. Even the drive into the park feels like you're entering another world. Everything looked too perfect to be true. Rivers, trees, waterfalls & mountains. We also saw a lot of wildlife including deer, chipmunks, squirrels and even a wolf.

The Drive Thru.

We kept driving up the north coast of California through humbolt country and the redwood valley. The trees were just giant. We even stopped here to drive through the middle of this one. We also went on a cable car up through the forest to a lookout over the national park. We really had a great 2 days of just driving.

San Fran.

Spending a few days in San Francisco we tried to fit in as many tourist hotspots as possible. This included a visit to the Golden Gate Bridge, a walk along Haight & Ashbury, the 'painted ladies' and a crab sandwich at Pier 39. The only thing we didn't do was a trip over to Alcatraz but we still had a blast.

Highway 1.

We spent the whole day driving up Highway 1 towards San Francisco. To say it was stunning is an understatement. We spent most of our time just pulling over at the side of the road to admire the views. We had a great day and the weather was perfect.

Seal of approval.

While driving up the coast we came across an elephant seal colony. It was really surprising how big they were. Most of them were sleeping on the beach and rolling in the sand to keep warm. And every now and again one would shuffle it's way into the ocean for a swim. It was pretty funny to watch.