Sequoia & Death Valley
After Yosemite, we drove through Sequoia National Forest on the way to Bakersfield for our stop over. We stopped off to climb Moro rock, hiked to Eagle view and walked the Big Tree Trail. The size of Sequoia tree's is amazing and it's crazy to think how many years it took to gain their huge size - o...
Yosemite
Yosemite National Park - wow! Firstly, we were so fortunate that the park was in it's full glory! The day before arriving we were slightly worried as the Tioga pass was closed due to snow, meaning a ma-ho-sive detour for us, however it had opened again the next day which meant beautiful snow capped...
South Lake Tahoe
From San Francisco, we headed to South Lake Tahoe. What a drive! At points in the mountains, we were at 8,000ft! The low clouds and fog gave a eery feel to the surrounding forests, looked amazing! obvioudly didn't do enough research as I didn't realise that the lake itself is at 6,000ft - though th...
San Francisco
Caught the morning ferry from Oakland to San Francisco with nice views of the bridges and city on the way in. Dropped us at Pier 39 where we saw the sea lions, had a walk along the pier shops and ate some taffy. We decided to hire a tandem bike to cycle across Golden Gate Bridge. Took a while to get...
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Today we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium which was amazing! We started in my favourite part - jellyfish! The way they glow in the tanks is breathtaking. We then watched the otter feeding which was so cute - they have are part of otter rescue and rehabilitation, the otters in the aquarium are the o...