To quench our thirst after a long drive, we had a stopover in Portland, Oregon, which is also known as Beervana, because it is home to more than 70 breweries. We have tried some very fun flavors; passion fruit sour, blueberry wheat and cucumber crush. There was also great selection of stout beer,…

At San Francisco airport we have hired a car and drove up north to see Redwood National Park. This park is home of the world's tallest trees and protects nearly half of the remaining old growth redwoods. We had a short 5 km hike in the park and saw the Big Tree, a 1500 years old, 115 m high giant. I…

We had 3 full days in San Francisco, which was enough time to see all the main sights and get a feeling of the city. As San Francisco is a quite expensive city, and we are traveling on budget, we stayed at the cheapest place in downtown; the Winsor Hotel. It was a fine budget hotel; clean rooms and…