..............But I got soaked in the north.
Hello again friends!
With a heavy heart I waved goodbye to my Vegas wife LaShonda, and set off for the promised land of California, where I was led to believe the sun always shone. How wrong I was.
I arrived in San Francisco a few days ago, and was immediately struck by how cold it is! It's like being back home! After 3 weeks of being in really hot places, it was quite a shock to the system. Also, the airport here sticks out into the water, and so when we were descending in the plane it looked like we were crashing into the sea. Obviously I knew that we wouldn't be, otherwise there would be far more panic on board, but still, until the last moment I could only see water out both sets of windows. Fuuuun! It's also very foggy.
I few days ago I went to Yosemite National Park for a couple of nights. As soon as you get out of San Fran and into the valleys, the sun comes back. It's like the city's in some kind of weather vortex. Yosemite was great: we went for a mountain bike ride and a swim in the river on the first day, and then a hike on the second day up into the mountains. Unfortunately, it chose this day as the one-day-per-month that it rains, and so I got soaked (we were assured it'd be hot and to not pack much). Also, when we got to our second hike of the day (the one with the best views), it was a pea-soup-mist situation, so couldn't see anything. Still, we went on a different trail, and it was well worth it, with some really cool photos. America is generally much bigger on scale than back home, but the mountains in Yosemite were huge!
I didn't see any bears, which would have been cool, but I mustn't grumble, as it was a great experience.
My time here is drawing to its inevitable end, so I reckon I'll only get one more entry on here. Still, it'll be nice to see you all when I get home, if only to bore you with my tales and photos!
Cheerio for now
Hello again friends!
With a heavy heart I waved goodbye to my Vegas wife LaShonda, and set off for the promised land of California, where I was led to believe the sun always shone. How wrong I was.
I arrived in San Francisco a few days ago, and was immediately struck by how cold it is! It's like being back home! After 3 weeks of being in really hot places, it was quite a shock to the system. Also, the airport here sticks out into the water, and so when we were descending in the plane it looked like we were crashing into the sea. Obviously I knew that we wouldn't be, otherwise there would be far more panic on board, but still, until the last moment I could only see water out both sets of windows. Fuuuun! It's also very foggy.
I few days ago I went to Yosemite National Park for a couple of nights. As soon as you get out of San Fran and into the valleys, the sun comes back. It's like the city's in some kind of weather vortex. Yosemite was great: we went for a mountain bike ride and a swim in the river on the first day, and then a hike on the second day up into the mountains. Unfortunately, it chose this day as the one-day-per-month that it rains, and so I got soaked (we were assured it'd be hot and to not pack much). Also, when we got to our second hike of the day (the one with the best views), it was a pea-soup-mist situation, so couldn't see anything. Still, we went on a different trail, and it was well worth it, with some really cool photos. America is generally much bigger on scale than back home, but the mountains in Yosemite were huge!
I didn't see any bears, which would have been cool, but I mustn't grumble, as it was a great experience.
My time here is drawing to its inevitable end, so I reckon I'll only get one more entry on here. Still, it'll be nice to see you all when I get home, if only to bore you with my tales and photos!
Cheerio for now
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