Alcatraz

On the 15th we went down to pier 31 to go to Alcatraz. We got on the boat and it only took 8 minutes to get to Alcatraz. But man was that water choppy there is no way you could swim in it and it is like 40 degrees. I was surprised how close Alcatraz is to San Francisco. It was only 1 mile to land. I loved Alcatraz because of all the stuff that happend and how preserved it is. My favorite part was seeing the air vents that they broke through and escaped. After all of that we walked back to the jeep and left.

Fishermans Wharf

On the 14th we took a ride in to San Francisco to Fisherman's Wharf. We parked the jeep and walked to Nicks Lighthouse which is a street vendor type thing but they had a permanent building. I had the Clam Chowder and it was horrible. We walked around for hours and i got my first look at Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. We walked about 15 block that day. Mostly just to get to Ghiradelli. On the way i stopped at The Spy Shop and that was so cool they had micro video cameras and hidden stuff. We made it to the ice cream place and then we walked to the worlds crookedest street. And that was so weird and steep. There were so many homeless people that it was disgusting. The streets were so steep and we had to walk them so it was pretty tiring.

Giants game

On the 13th we left Morgan Hill and headed for San Francisco. We stayed in Redwood City just outside of San Francisco. We stayed at Trailer Villa and i would give it 5 out of 10 stars because it was just a parking lot with hook ups. We went to the Giants against the A's. The field was awesome and we where the 2nd to the highest row. But you could see everything and you could hear everything. After the game we had to walk back to the parking garage and on the way back a fight happend. Alright this drunk guy was running his mouth and saying his team is the best and this other guy was walking 10 in front of him and the drunk guy came behind this guy and punched him out when we wasnt even looking and he was out cold we where right behing the guy when he fell to the ground then the drunk guy ran off. So we got a cop (because they are at every corner when a game ends) and the drunk guy was wearing a neon glow in the dark vest so we hope that they got him. And once we got to the parking garage it was valet parking so the guy was bringing us our car he didnt shut the door and hit the door on the colom and he didnt even say nothing when he got out just ran back to his desk. So it was pretty crazy.

morgan hill

On the 12th we left Big Sur and headed for Morgan Hill. We stopped here for a place to sleep and this place is so red neck. There where these people next to use that were fighting for six hours. And they had some tight security in this place. I would give it 4 out of 10 stars and it had a pool but it was too cold.

Hearst castle and big sur

On the 11th we left San Simeon and headed for Big Sur, CA but we had to stop at the Castle because we bought tickets the day before. We just made our tour by a couple of minutes. We got on the tour bus and it took us all the way to the top of this Mountain because that's where this guy wanted to build it. So we got up there and this was the coolest house ever this guy didn't cheap out on nothing. The ceiling was made of pure gold and the pool had bits and pieces of Roman ruins. It had a indoor pool a outdoor pool its own zoo and a huge rec room. It also had its own church. All of this and it was built in 1910. MR. hearsts' father was the first guy to find silver out west and he found tons of it. So thats how he could build it. But after that we started back on the road and headed for Big Sur another thing my mom wanted to do. We got to our SP and it was another dump no hook ups no showers nothing. It was another horrible place. I would give it 0 out of 10 stars. The worst one yet. 2 horrible places in a row i would rather be staying in the walmart parking lot.

San Simeon

On the 10th we left Wine country and headed for San Simeon. I don't know why we went here it was something my mom wanted. But on the way there we drove on the coastal highway and when they say coastal they mean coastal any closer the the water and we would be in the water. The drive was cool for me but bad for my mom because we also had to do some of that cliff driving again so that was bad. But we got to the SP that we were staying at and the place was a total dump the only thing that was good was the beach. We had no hookup and you had to pay for the showers. But we did go see Elephant seal beach which was awesome. These seal weigh up to 5000 pounds that's heavy. We bought tickets for Hearst castle which is a huge mansion but we didn't see it yet

Wine country

On the 9th we started to head out of Kingsburg but we had to stop at the Sunmaid place. We bought a big jar of chocolate covered raisins. And i got my picture taken in front of the worlds largest raisin box. After that we started to head into wine country. We stayed at Wine Country Resort in Paso Robles, CA. I loved this campground it was so nice and so quiet. I would

give it 9 out of 10 stars because it was nice and all but there wasnt very many people there. It was $50 so that was pretty insane. But it was nice.

Sequoia NP

On the 8th we went to the park and man where those so big trees. We had to drive for so long just to get to my first sequoia. And we had to drive all over mountains and it was so cold and i forgot to bring my jacket. We were 6000 feet high which is so cold. We saw some

giant trees like general sherman which is the tree with the biggest volume. the other picture was the first one we saw so we got out of the car to get a pictue of this giant tree. I was so tired at the end of the day from walking all around. It was cool and all but looking at trees for 6 hours is dumb.

Kingsburg

On the 7th we left Lone Pine and headed to Kingsburg which is where the Sun maid Raisin store is. We camped here because this campground is close to Sequoia National park. It is called Viking Rv park which is just south of Fresno. When we pulled in to our campground we saw that we had a flat tire so we had to get a new tire but luckly we had AAA. So while he was doing the tire i was in side watching the finals, the Lakers won that game. I would give that campground 6 out of 10 stars.

Death valley

On the 5th we left Las Vegas and drove through death valley. It was so hot and tons of hills and 8% grade. Which is horrible for a RV towing a jeep. It 6 to 7 hours to get to Lone Pine, CA. And when we were going down a hill and our brakes started burning from all of the weight pushing the RV down this hill. We saw tons of little sand storms and sand twisters. We stayed at Boulder Creek RV park which i would give it 4 out of 10. In Lone Pine there is this NP called Manazar which is where they held Japanese people in world war 2. Just in case there was any spys for japan. We saw that and did a tour of the facility. We were in front of MT. Whitney which is a giant mountain.

Dolphins

On the 3rd we went to the mirage and we saw the dolphin exhibit. We saw tons of tricks and we saw lions and tigers and i got my picture taken. I loved the dolphins because they would swim around jump in the air and catch fish. The lions were cool but they just sleeped and didnt really move. We saw lamas and they were running around and drinking out of the lake. The tigers didnt move and were dumb.

Circus Circus

On the 2nd we went to the top of the strip and We saw The Stratosphere which is one of the newest hotels. We stopped in at the Nascar cafe which has everything Nascar and i did a virtual race against some other people and i came in first. I got the stats and it said zero percent break usage, and an average speed of 178 which the lady said is impressive. Then we walked down to Circus Circus and we saw a part of the circus act which was cool and weird. We had a short trip this time because we had to get something to eat and go to walmart.

MGM

On the 1st we went back to the strip and parked at MGM. We went inside to see the MGM lions which was cool because you could walk under there habitat because the bottom was glass and it felt like you where in there cage. We saw to different lions and i liked the first one better because he was so active. After that we walked across the walk way and stopped at New York New York and we had a pretzel dog and a ice cream. We stopped at a magic store and i bought a magic card flying kit. Then we walked to The Excalibur which looks like Disney world castle. And we also went to M&Ms world which is the biggest M&Ms world in the world. I didnt get anything which i dont know why. We also went to Coka-Cola world which was cool to see all that Cola. In the picture of the buildings, that is New York New York.

The strip

On the 31st we drove down the strip and parked the jeep at Planet Hollywood. Which is right in the center on the strip. I liked Planet Hollywood because it was so clean in front of it and in it. We saw the Bellagio fountains twice which was so cool and the water shot up so high it was insane. We also saw the volcano erupt at the Mirage that was cool and loud and we where across the street and a two story McDonald's. We walked through a couple of casinos and they are just so big and we where surprised to see that there are still penny slots which is very surprising. We stopped and watched some high stakes poker which was neat. And to us it was crowded because it was Sunday but we talked to some people and they said it isn't crowded at all. I loved my first day in Vegas because it is so alive and fun. We also saw the Eiffel tower replica and the arch thing from Paris. we saw Caesars palace and we walked through Caesars and Bellagio which is so fancy and just unbelievably awesome. Everything was just so awesome you cant describe how cool it was.

Oasis rv park in Vegas

On the 30th we left Lake Mead and traveled the next hour to Oasis rv Resort which was awesome. The campground was like a hotel thats how nice it was and the whole thing was paved smooth which ment every day i rode my trikke for an hour, so i got really good at it. Every morning you get a free paper and on the first morning we got free breakfast so that was cool. And they had the most amazing pool ever and the pool was open till 11 at night so we did some night swimming. We didnt go to the strip for the first night because it was saturday so it would have been crowded. We mainly just explored the campground and planed our next couple of days. Which helped alot. I would give this campground 5 out of 5 stars because it was sweet.

Hoover Dam

On the 29th we left Williams and headed to Vegas. Right before we left Williams me and my dad road down route 66 it was cool because they had all of these cool dinners that had sweet paint jobs on the outside. We left the campground and drove for 4 hours to Lake Mead which is the lake that connects to the hoover dam. The dam was so awesome and huge they are building a bridge the goes around Hoover dam so you don't hit all the traffic. We stayed at Lake Mead RV and we went down to the lake and we got to feed the fish and they know when you are going to feed them. Look at all the fish in that picture. The lake provides water for Vegas so when we saw the water you could see that the water level dropped 30 feet which is huge. I would give this campground 4 out of 5 stars because i could ride my trikke.