We left the lodge this morning and drove 150 miles to Sacramento. We checked into our hotel for the night and walked over to Sacramento Old Town just across the road from us. The historic town still has many of its buildings from the gold rush in the 1800’s so we saw part of the… Continue reading Sacramento Old Town
Month: April 2011
Best Activity Ever!
Today we went rafting on the Merced river near Yosemite National Park with Zephyr Whitewater. It was amazing!!! There was a lot of snow melt recently so the water was quite high and the rapids were more fierce! There were 7 rafts with 6 people in each and this time we were paddling unlike the… Continue reading Best Activity Ever!
Day at the Lodge
Happy Birthday Mum 🙂 We stayed at the lodge today because its in such a pretty location and has a cute little river/stream where we could relax and sunbathe. We sat by the river for a while, then came up to our room for lunch. The owner’s cat followed us up and sat with us… Continue reading Day at the Lodge
Yosemite National Park
Today we drove to Yosemite National Park to visit the giant Sequoia trees and to see the views we have heard so much about. We started in the Sequoia National Forest, 6000 ft above sea level, the weather was beautiful so we hiked the 2.5 miles up the mountain then back down again. We weren’t… Continue reading Yosemite National Park
Drive to Yosemite
Yesterday we flew from Honolulu to San Francisco and then checked into a hotel near the airport for the night. This afternoon we picked up our hire car; we managed to book a brand new Cadillac SRX for $45 a day, it is the best car we have had and the cheapest! We think there… Continue reading Drive to Yosemite
Peal Harbour
We took a shuttle bus to Pearl Harbour this morning to see the famous USS Arizona Memorial site and museum. I have not seen the film and did not know much about what happened at Pearl Harbour so we opted for the audio tour to learn as much as possible. The tour was narrated by… Continue reading Peal Harbour
Cheesecake Factory
We had another lazy day by the pool today, we did so much yesterday that I could barely move! For this reason I got a Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massage at the spa which was really painful because of my aching muscles but like magic all pain was gone afterwards 🙂 This evening we did a… Continue reading Cheesecake Factory
Hanauma Bay and Lanikai Beach
This morning we got up early and picked up our beast of a rental car; a Chevrolet Tahoe. We then picked up Laurence, Corey and Kristy (friends we met on the cruise) and took a drive to Hanauma Bay on the south east of the island. The bay is a Nature Preserve and a Marine… Continue reading Hanauma Bay and Lanikai Beach
Two Days Off
After a very hectic schedule on the cruise ship, we decided it was about time we had a few days off! So yesterday we checked into our new hotel on Waikiki Beach and did very little; we went swimming, ate and slept, and that’s about it, we didn’t even take any photo’s! Today we went… Continue reading Two Days Off
Mud Buggies and Waterfall Trip
This morning we got up early to meet our buggy guide Eric on the shore at 6.30am. There were only 6 of us on the trip so we got chatting to the others on the bus quite quickly. We arrived at the buggy station and got changed into cargo trousers, t-shirts, helmets, googles and me… Continue reading Mud Buggies and Waterfall Trip