Odometer: 103,655 07:00 we slowly get up and ready to explore Sonoma and Napa Valleys. The wineries are lines up basically one after the other. The first winery we stop at 10:00 is Kenwood.  We are offered some wine to taste but for us it’s a bit too early to start drinking, so we just…...

Odometer: 103,415 06:30: we get up and leave the hotel at around 8:00 without even a coffee. Shell is our rescue: we fill up on gas, coffee and tea. The plan for today is Hwy 1 along the ocean, to San Francisco and around the bay to Napa. At Castroville, the Artichoke Center of the…...

Odometer: 103,210 6:45: Marco is getting up. It takes me a bit longer to wake up. We take it easy and leave at around 9:00 in direction Monterey Bay. The scenic Hwy leads through vast farm and grass land, a very entertaining drive. In Monterey we find ourselves in a huge crowd again. All the…...

Odometer: 102,973 07:00: time to get up. Marco is checking our stocks and I do my first cardio workout since leaving San Diego - it feels great! At 9:30 we hit the road again: on Hwy 41 North to Yosemite National Park hoping there will be less people than in Sequoia National Park yesterday. Unfortunately,…...

Odometer: 102,800 07:00: back in California we seem to be getting up earlier again. We leave at 8:00 and drive the 50 Miles to Sequoia National Park. It’s Sunday and there is a lot of traffic on the road. Again the road is leading high up in the mountains and we are driving a curvy…...

Odometer: 102,600 08:00: after a good nights sleep we are ready to continue our trip so we take road to Sequoia National Forrest via Isabella Lake. Before we start Marco is once again looking after the wellbeing of our car by checking the air in the tires and giving it a short wash. Lake Isabelle…...

Odometer: 102,266 6:45: after a short nights sleep we get up and definitely decide to leave Las Vegas. We have seen enough of this crazy place in the middle of the desert. At around 9:00 we head off towards Death Valley. We fill the tank up with gasoline and buy some more water and Coke.…...

Odometer: 102,085 8:20: we are getting up late again. But never mind, it's only about 150 Miles to Las Vegas. First the Highway leads through the mountains to our left as well as to our right we pass high walls of rock. We then drive through Lake Mead Recreational Area. It’s getting hotter and hotter.…...

Odometer: 101,877 07:30: apparently we have been very tired or we haven’t adjusted our inner clocks to Utah-time jet. After packing our belongings we have some pancakes, grapes (the only fresh fruit available at the restaurant) and coffee at the Pizzeria nearby. We drive on ‘Byway’ 12 through part of the Grand Staircase Escalante National…...

Odometer: 101,680 08:00: time to get up. Marco is logging on to the Internet and I pack and have Breakfast. We are going up north again where we came from last night and then take the road through Zion National Park the scenery with all the red, white and yellowish mountains and cliffs is impressive.…...