Well, we've started travelling - up at 4am (although Mum and I managed to get up at 3am by mistake!!) for the 6.30 flight to Heathrow. Both of our first flights landed early and we cleared customs and immigration at LAX in record time. (Around half an hour - unheard of on any of my previous US flights). We had an overnight site at the airport - the thought of driving after travelling for the best part of 24 hours was not particularly appealing. We collected the SUV - now affectionally known as Chuck the Truck, and tried to leave Los Angeles. Thankfully as we were not in any real hurry the unintentional diversions that we took through Santa Monica, Malibu and Beverly Hills didn't matter. Found the right road and started to climb through mountains,
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