Having woken up in Eureka, California, breakfasted and got ourselves back on the road, we set off for Yosemite just before 9am. Having saved money (about $5) by not buying a map of the USA and surviving on our Lonely Planet book maps, we were expecting to arrive in the National Park some time after lunch. Well, we did arrive after lunch - by now we had worked out that you can buy a foot long subway sandwich for $5, which does for two people so that has been our lunch on many a day. We actually also managed to arrive after supper (if we'd stopped to have any) and all we can say is it's a good job we were well versed in pitching our tent by now, because we had to put it up in the dark this time - at 10pm!
A more positive spin on this mother of all road trips day, is that we passed through so much varied countryside and listened to U2 on the CD player which was a big part of our original vision for the trip. And so our whole idea of travelling through America was encapsulated into one long but glorious day.
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Happiest Birthday to you dear friend! Sorry to not say that the night I sms'ed you! Sounds pretty funny and fun all at the same time. May your marriage be all the more stronger by relying on your man with no map! Lots of love to you both! A & T
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