Articles Posted in the California Category

  • Drinking a Bud-2

    Santa Cruz by Rental Car

    12 September 2010 On the afternoon we arrived the weather was unfortunately overcast and not the best for the beach, not to be put off we checked out the boardwalk with its amusement park attractions and we drove around the coast where we saw surfers and paddle boarders sitting in water with no waves – [...]

  • Teasing Squirrels - Yosemite National Park

    Yosemite National Park by Rental Car

    10 – 11 September 2010 The drive to Yosemite National Park from Lake Tahoe took us through some really spectacular terrain from amazingly salty lakes to massive canyons. We saw birds, squirrels and what we believe was a Coyote on the way. Upon arrival we checked into our canvas sided cabin and were given strict [...]

  • Swinging - Lake Tahoe-12

    South Lake Tahoe by Rental Car

    08 – 09 September 2010 Having left Napa Valley we drove our rental car to Lake Tahoe, it was a bit of a drive and we arrived in the afternoon and checked into our motel. Our motel came with access to a private beach which we walked down to; the sky was overcast and the [...]

  • Another Winery - Napa Valley

    Napa Valley Wine Country by Rental Car

    07 September 2010 Renee and I picked up our rental car from Hertz at the airport. It was the worst rental car experience I’ve ever had, it was slow and no help was forthcoming; but the car was clean and worked when we eventually found the thing. Despite driving on the wrong side of the [...]

  • Infront of the Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco

    San Francisco with Renee

    Special thanks to the moving company ozmoving.com for sponsoring this blog post: 03 – 06 September 2010 I managed to get from Seattle to San Francisco, I even managed to be there as Renee came through the airport gate. We negotiated a shuttle into San Francisco to our Casa Loma hotel in Union Square district, checked [...]