South Lake Tahoe
October 30, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Camp #32 Bothe-Napa Valley
October 31, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
A Campground in Napa Valley.
Floating pumpkin 🎃
October 31, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Laura knows I like Halloween and that Americans go crazy for it. So she found this "floating pumpkin" event in Napa Valley where we were going to be.
I was very excited, but we got there and theRead more
Castello di Amorosa - Winery #1
November 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Wine tour of the castle
Madrigal family winery - Winery #2
November 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Madrigal family winery was much more fun and a much nicer experience than the castle. We had a guy to ourselves and he sat and went through all the wines with us, as well as explained the local areaRead more
Welcome to Napa Valley sign
November 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Quick photo on our way out!
Muir Woods
November 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Muir Woods is an excellent national park just north of San Francisco, full of amazingly large redwood trees. We aren't going any further north to see the red woods national park, so this is our chanceRead more
Views of the Golden Gate bridge
November 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Views of the Golden Gate Bridge on the way into San Francisco. We met another Toyota LandCruiser as well!
Our SF base
November 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Okta - 100 First Street
November 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
3 months (and a few days) since I worked my last day at Okta, but I finally got to visit their new HQ (I was meant to go the week that the business went into lockdown before countries did due toRead more
Capital Restaurant
November 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
We had Chinese in China Town and when we left saw this walk on past
Golden Gate Bridge to Alcatraz swim
November 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Laura got me an early birthday present. For the longest time I've wanted to swim Alcatraz Island. For my present I got to swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to Alcatraz. Started by doing some backRead more
Pier 39
November 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Pier 39 to see the sealions
In n Out burger
November 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
For some reason, my app hasn't been tracking for the past two days, so adding any photo I can find to show a rough track of where we've been.
Alcatraz Island tour
November 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We returned to Alcatraz, this time by boat rather than a swim.
The tour was OK, but leaves a lot to be desired. Wouldn't recommend doing this 😂 the tour didn't really explain anything.
San Jose Airport
November 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We made it to San Jose, CA Airport to head to Honolulu.
Early start, and the lounge left a bit to be desired, but free food is always nice.
The tracker stopped again
November 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
But we landed in Hawaii, made it to Waikiki and found a spot for breakfast opposite the beach.
Enjoying a shaved ice on the beach
November 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
It's traditionally Hawaiian apparently.
Although it was hard to eat it all before it melted!
Turns out it's just a slush puppy really. Crushed ice with some E numbers and colours poured on top.
Who is JOB?
November 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Who is JOB? Jamie O'Brien is a professional surfer and we checked out his surfer experience with a private beach. It was really worth it.
A private break, only a few others surfing it. It meant we hadRead more
Ken's Fresh Fish
November 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We were recommend the Ahí katsu from Ken's Fresh Fish after our surf.
Snorkeling
November 9, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
This spot is meant to be one of the most beautiful places to snorkel on Ohau. It was really nice, we were there at low tide and its mostly a reef, so you're only just over the reef at that time (asRead more
1 last pineapple whip!
November 10, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Honolulu Airport 😔
November 10, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Time to leave Hawaii, but the trip isn't over!
We are taking off from Terminal 2, but the Hawaii Airlines lounge (not flying with Hawaii) is in Terminal 1, so we caught the free shuttle bus (wikiRead more
Camp #33 - Monterey veteran's Park
November 11, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Veteran's Park on Veteran's day.
This camp site was first come first serve.
Will we remember how to camp after the hotel in San Francisco and hostel in Hawaii?
