Elk

After a week in Yosemite, we moved on to Elk. It was dark when we arrived, but we woke up to this view:

So we went down to the beach and enjoyed ourselves:

More to come!

Got married!

And we got married! We didn't really tell anyone, because there were lots of things that could have gone wrong - but we were lucky, and it was wonderful.

In all the excitement, we forgot to ask the photographer to take some shots with our own camera, so until he gets the official photos ready, here's one that Morty took:

Morty wasn't very impressed that he didn't get a tie like mine:

Valentine wasn't very impressed generally:

But in the end we had a lovely day:

Yosemite

After a week, we moved to the amazing Yosemite.

Here's our hotel:

We went to see the giant redwoods:

Had fun at the riverside:

Enjoyed the view:

Had excellent dinners:

And eventually went to bed:

Monterey

First, we stayed in Monterey.

Here's the view from our room:

We went for a walk at Point Lobos:

Went on a whale watching trip and saw 50-60 whales, including this:

Spent a lot of time at the fantastic aquarium:

And played at the Dennis the Menace Playground: