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With Tensions running high and not much climbing getting done, the group decided to dismantle on nov 1st. It was a good time, we all took some great memories from it but we all had other things in our minds by the end so we each went our way. Apples drove ...

After 3 weeks with the kids we are heading back home. Our 1st stop was Yosemite National Park. We only had about 5 hrs to take it in but what we saw was breathtaking. The granite rocks are mostly flat and straight up. We were able to see Glacier Point, Bridal Veil, El Capitan and Tunnel View. As we were leaving the Park via the Tioga Pass we got a great view at Olmstead Point of clouds resting in the Miountains.<br>Next stop....Las Vegas,baby.

Well, our car barely made it to Bishop, CA, but after several hot-weather stalls, we coasted into the cow-poke town just in time for Mule Days. Despite the year-round tourism offered by Bishop (fishing, climbing, backpacking, skiing), Mule Days is the weekend when the city is the most packed. Tens of thousands of people come from ...

... for Mule Days so I hate it when it's over.  Like leaving Disneyland at the end of a really fun day when you know you won't be back for months!  :(<br><br><br><br><br><br> Today we are stalled at the house trying to figure out our packing/storage/moving/RV pickup issues.  Never a dull moment, I tell you.  &gt;:P  GRRRR!!!!!!

... him. It turns out the route was a classic 5.11b! Good job Tim! We then headed out of the gorge and drove about 20 minutes north to the "hot tub". These are some of our favorite hot springs as they are clean, REALLY hot and sit is a field strewn out below two mountain ranges. Gorgeous! There, we soaked for awhile, caught the sunset, hopped out into the cold and snow and continued our journey north, reaching Reno around 9:00.

... is more of a US small town than the Alaskan small town..more big trucks, lots of Mexican restaurants - actually a peliphera of restaurants and hotels in general as it is touristy and easily reached by car..and the weather is bomber all year around!! There is a lot of stuff to do around here as well -not only the bouldering that is worldclass but also the sport climbing areas as well as several nearby trad ...

Headed out at noon from Vegas after sorting out accommodation for the next couple of days in Yosemite and San Fran. Google couldn't work out exactly the route we wanted so it looked like we'd be on our own for most of the day with regard to navigation. The plan was to try and see as many sights as possible in Death Valley and then see how close we could get to Yosemite before stopping for the night. Jules was particularly worried ("and ...

... maneuvers and a few heartstopping moments climbing over a fallen tree trunk where, on the otherside, was a huge drop a few hundred feet into the falls themselves). Apparently the water was freezing so he didn't actually swim in there for very long and managed to get out before his muscles cramped up or hypothermia set in. By the time we'd walked back down, which was just as tough on the legs as going up, we were shattered. It was about 7pm and we both ...

... night she invited a bunch of us round for a chilled night watchin dvds n drinkin beer. A great way to finish off me thinks. The tour was easily one of the best we have been on whilst travelin, (anyone out there readin this entry would do well to check out the Green Tortoise if there thinking of traveling in the U.S.) and we made some really good friends (we will see you two girls Dublin when we get back if your readin this!!). Later people, next stop.... well that would ruin the surprise :-) xx

... Spring Break college kids posing in speedboats so we stayed the other side of the lake in a great motel run by an old geezer called Jay who had some interesting tales to tell. Into California on 66 and through the desert past the iconic Shoe Tree and Roy's Gas Station and up to the home of the worlds tallest functioning thermometer in Baker. Got a room in the Wills Fargo motel, clean and friendly but it made you think twice about hopping in the shower. Then ...