Travels

Thursday 9th January 2020 Geoff and Sean planned their last day of driving with particular care. We had about 200 miles to drive into San Francisco but we didn’t want to get stuck in traffic jams. Their planning paid off with a lovely scenic drive before joining the mayhem of

Wednesday 8th January 2020 This morning we explored Cambria, a great little town with lots of antique shops before visiting the elephant seal colony on our way north to Monterey via Big Sur. The elephant seals are monstrous in size. The males weigh in at 2300 kgs. They live in

Tuesday 7th January 2020 Today we checked out of the Roosevelt, said goodbye to Hollywood and continued our Californian adventure north along the coast, but not before visiting Santa Monica Pier and the official end of Route 66. Our drive hugged the coastline most of the way, although on some

Sunday 5th January 2020 Tonight was a big night for us all – we were in Hollywood, so what better place than to be entertained in a 4D IMAX cinema for the latest Star Wars movie ‘The Rise of Skywalker’. As well as wearing 3D glasses we experienced moving seats,

Sunday 5th January 2020 Today was an easy drive to LA via Long Beach. We checked into the Hotel Roosevelt in downtown Hollywood. Geoff and I left Liam and Carmel to explore Hollywood Boulevard whilst we drove out to the Getty Centre. The Museum is known for its architecture, gardens

Monday 6th January 2020 We spent the day at Universal studios on a VIP tour.

Saturday 4th January 2020 We did enjoy Star Wars.

Friday 3rd January 2020 It all started with a Mouse.

Thursday 2nd January 2020 We checked out of the Bellagio, met Sean and Sara at the Luxor and drove onto Anaheim. We had rented a house very nearby to Disneyland. We were able to catch up on some washing, cook a meal and kick back, relax and chat around the

New Years Eve

New Years Day 2020 Well what is there to say – ‘what happens’ in Vegas, stays in Vegas!!!’

Monday 30th December 2019 We took one last look at the Canyon this morning before driving south to Boulder City via Oatman. Now Oatman is a place best described as the Wild West. It comes complete with wooden sidewalks and burros (donkeys) roaming the streets. It is on the original

Sunday 29th December 2019 -14C to -1C fine and sunny We are staying in cabins on the south rim of the canyon so we awoke to a spectacular view across to the north rim from our cabin at the Bright Angel Lodge. With the sun peeking through at 7:30am and

Friday 27th December 2019 -3C to 5C, fog, rain, sleet, hail and snow We made an early start from Amarillo with our first stop at Cadillac Ranch to do a spot of spray painting. Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture created in 1974. The installation half-buried ten

Thursday night 26th December 2019 Texas is big even when you don’t expect it. After driving for miles through the open panhandle we drifted into the outskirts of Amarillo. A village of 300,000 people connected by a series of motorways and seemingly endless arrays of F trucks and pickups. The

Thursday 26th December 2019 3C -17C and fine We packed up from our great Christmas house this morning and drove onto Amarillo, still in Texas. We have now entered ‘rattlesnake’ country. We traveled through some wide open spaces seeing our first oil wells, lots of wind farms and solar panels.