Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Fembock's final tour....

Some seals asleep on the beach near Monteray...so cute..




Someone is excited about being in Hollywood





We managed to drive through LA without a proper Map

Protesters against Prop 8..banning Gay marriage.........Prop 8 passed in California.....weird..





The view from Santa Barbara's old court house



The Hoover dam bridge......it was HUGE!!




The dam Hoover Dam




The Bellagio Casino....awesome water show


Andrea got the FEVER.....needed to drag her out...haha...not really



The Venetian.....check the ceiling, painted like the sky



Angel's Landing at Zion National park...you don't want to be afraid of heights



The view from top
Death Valley



From warm Death Valley to Snow in Yosemite....just got through without chains



Another waterfall....Bridal Falls at Yosemite




The General Sherman Tree....The largest Tree in the world





Some people have way too much time on their hands





Well goodbye for now......til next trip

































































Thursday, October 30, 2008

We make it to San Francisco

Some wine tasting in the Sanoma Valley





Great wines in the wine cave at Bella Vineyard













Our last night camping before San Fran



After so much good weather it statrted to rain as we rode into San Fran......after riding over 10,000km and then you just get to your destination and then that's it

All over... now what?


Well there had to be one more hitch in the plan and a screw straight through the tyre in the last 1km....aghhhh

Now we have a hire car for 10 days and will do a drive to finish Hwy 101 and go to Vegas......stay tuned

Saturday, October 25, 2008

California

We have made it to California
People are passionate about the election!
Avenue of the Giants






This is one tough tree





We stopped at a farmers market....check out the beans........not magical but tasty none the less


Agh the Hills have returned...after a 2500 feet hill we had days on end of up and down, up and down, up and down....you get the picture!!



Saw this sign in a shop after we had eaten an entire chocolate bar each!!




Strange to ride through Eucalyptus forest...this place is drier than Bendigo!!





The weather has been spectacular...20-30C and this is Autumn??





Some strange cultural event is going to take place soon, we haven't worked it out yet but they seem to be going pumkin mad over here.....






It is raining pumpkins here......honest



We are now in Wine country (Sanoma Valley)....will try and take some pics if we can taste and still work out how to use the camera!!
































Thursday, October 16, 2008

Washington and Oregon

You would think there was an election on soon wouldn't you!!!



Having Oyster shooters.......they were huge



One of the many amazing beaches along the coast




One of the tunnels we had to ride through...You have to press a button which indicates you are there riding so the Log Trucks supposedly slow down then you peddle as fast as you can to get through the other side.....




Some more hills along the coast!!!
"Do my ears look big in this?" one of the friendly campers along the way...tasted beautiful in the stew at night too...


Depoe Bay...saw some Grey Whales or is that Gray Whales as we are in the US???



Not everything is HUGE in the US
Agh who says coffee isn't a religion here....seems like every parking lot has an espresso drive through


Oh well when in Rome...they did look at us funny when we rode up to the window




This was the most amazing day the weather cleared and has been like this the whole way down the coast