Blog no 5

(look below for blogs added in quick succession). Today was a big day for the boys as we were set free and let wander on our own. Annette headed off to an art exhibition, Annie Liebovitz. Jeremy tells me this which automatically qualifies him for a $2 fine. We looked for some sports shop, never found it and bought chocolates to ease our depression. The afternoon came and we all hopped on a bus and went to the Golden Gate bridge. Its actual colour is International Orange but that just wouldn't fit into any of the songs about San Francisco. We went back to the cable cars and caught it to the end of the line and back. An early morning bus the next day to the Hertz rent a car office and Mark hit the streets of San Francisco (a Quinn Martin production). Back to our motel, packed the car (it's a Chevy HHR, similar to a PT Cruiser - type that into Google). Getting out of San Francisco was an experience - I think we ran only one red light on the way to the Bay Bridge where we started our long trip to Yosemite National park. When we got there, we then hit the windey roads with sheer death defying drops at the side. Some of the roads were closed but we pushed on to see "nature" all over the place. Riley loves looking at nature. This took the rest of the day. We couldn't do some of the walks (yay!) and mountain lions had been seen in the area. Anyway we got back, stuffed ourselves stupid for dinner and prepared for yet another early morning start.