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The most important things to me on CP are of course by buddies so i thought it would be a great idea to have a new feature dedicated to yall !!!  So each week i am gonna choose one of my buddies to do a feature on … so let me know if you are interested in taking part by leaving a comment on here so that i can e-mail the details to you. 

Day 4 - Left San Francisco for Yosemite which was a long, long drive…..but worth it……Yosemite is an incredible place.  I stayed at the Yosemite View Lodge with a room with an awsum view over the Merced River.  Not seen any bears yet - thank goodness!!!  BAD NEWS THO - NO INTERNET !!! OMG THAT MEANS NO CP FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS

              View from hotel room

Day 5 - Went into Yosemite National Park which must be one of the most beautiful places in the world, everywhere you turn there is something spectacular to look at.  My favourite sights were the waterfalls which were incredible.   Went to Badger Pass which is a ski resort and saw plenty of snow so i felt right at home!!!   YAY!!!!  Didn’t do any snow sports but did do a bit of hiking and GUESS WHAT!?!?!……I found me a friend - a stray  green puffle which i have now adopted and have called Paddy (in honor of the recent st patricks day party on CP).

Bridalveil Falls                                     Meet Paddy!!!

Day 6 - went to the Pioneer Yosemite History Center which was a bit of a yawn…..followed by a long uphill hike to the giant redwood trees at Mariposa Grove - WOAH those trees are gigantic!!!!   The trek back downhill wasn’t so bad and i got chance to rest on the journey to Fresno Airport from where i got a flight to Las Vegas - WOO HOO!!!!   Am staying in the New York New York Hotel which has a roller coaster right outside which you can see from my room - gonna make sure to take a ride on that tomorrow!!!   

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Today i took a boat trip to Alcatraz.  until 1963 this was a prison built on a small island just off the coast of San Francisco.  some really famous criminals like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly were locked up in Alcatraz.  i took a tour around the prison and saw the tiny cells (9′ x 5′) where the criminals were locked up for upto 23 hours a day with nothing to do.   i also learnt how some prisoners tried to escape but only 5 ever actually made it to freedom.   if you ever do visit San Francisco this should be top of your to do list!!               

   Welcome to Alcatraz!                        Let me out!!!

Am really liking San Francisco!!!  Today i went on an open top bus tour of the city and had a waddle around Fishermans Wharf.  Saw the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.  Went to Pier 39 which  is an awsum place to visit - really lively - and its home to hundreds of sea lions which are really funny to watch!  Kept my distance tho’ cos i know they like to eat us lil pengs for dinner!

        Alcatraz                                                   Sea Lions at Pier 39

            Golden Gate Bridge

Well i’m finally in the USA!!!  Had exciting start to trip - Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls was on our plane - zig-a-zig-zah!!The first stop of my tour is Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco.  Am staying in a hotel room with an awsum view overlooking Alcatraz - cant wait to go there sunday.   its 4.30am uk time but 9.30 here so am too tired to write much tonite.  Catch yall tomorrow i hope.  BTW - thanx so much to Medner for making sure i got the bunny ears and for doing the egg hunt posting for me. 

Here are a couple of pics of me on tour so far - like the bunny ears??? 

Guess what!!!  Tomorrow, Friday 21st March, Rinkatink is crossing the pond from the UK to the USA….woo hoo!!!  The 18 day tour starts off in San Francisco, taking in Yosemite, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon before ending in Florida (Disney World of course!!!).  

Sadly this means that i wont be able to play on CP as much as usual and i’m really gonna miss all my buddies :(  but i will try to keep in touch with yall by posting Tales from Tinks Tour when i can.  Medner will also be doing some posts while i’m away so keep visiting this site to make sure you dont miss out!

Miss yall!!!  Bye for now!!!! 

Hi guys, sorry that I didn’t get the chance to post or come onto CP yesterday but I was at the Wales -v- France rugby game in Cardiff……and the good news is Wales won 28 - 12!!!!  (i’m Welsh remember!)    This meant they won the Six Nations Championship and the Grand Slam - well done lads - you made Wales proud!!!!!!  

                                                        The Welsh Flag

Hey CP why isn’t there a Welsh pin ?!?!?   would luv that for my player card…….please!!!!!

These are the guys that I am honored to call my buddies on CP……yall rox my sox!!!

LOL…..was this sign made just for me?!? 

LOL!!!! wouldnt it be awsum if we could have little cars to drive around in on CP???  Cant see that happenin tho so I made my own!!!  Its a merc benz of course…..registration/licence plate TINK 1….watch out for me on a road near you!!!

Woo Hoo!!! I got me a wordpress at last!!! been meaning to do this for ages but never got round to it (and didn’t really know where to start either!!).