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Shauna Morris Joined: September 19th 2009
Logged in: February 13th 2011
Logged in: February 13th 2011
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Made our way back to Anaheim to finish the tour. We drove past Hollywood again and had an optional in Hollywood to do the Famous Houses. We jumped on a bus and had a tour of Beverly Hills and Bel Air. It was pretty interesting and cool but I took photos and don't remember who any of the houses I took photos belonged to. When we got back to the hotel we got to do our own thing. Tour officially over. Most of us went into Disney Town for dinner but again not a big night - dinner then bed. We met up with Chris from Canada and he also came to Venice Beach with us a few days later. The next day Cat and I departed Anehim for our Venice Beach accommodation. We figured the ... read more
Santa Barbra
Today wasn't too long a drive. We headed towards Carpinteria via Santa Barbra where we got to chill out on the beach and look around the shops. The going things seemed to be these like peddle car things. Barb and I hired a 2 person one but other people hired ones that held about 8 people. You had like bicycle peddles and it was pretty hilarious. Good workout. We went up and down the boardwalk and around the streets for several hours. There wasn't too much going on for the last night on tour. We had dinner in the hotel restaurant, a few drinks but it was not a big or late night. ... read more
Alcatraz Cruise
We had 2 free days in San Francisco to do whatever it was we liked. Before leaving OZ I got tickets to Alcatraz for the 25th. The others did a tour of the baseball field. Cat came with me to Alcatraz. It was great. Freezing but great. Its the one thing you have to do in San Francisco. I did learn something on this trip. San Fran is freezing!! We got the ferry out to the island taking some photos of Alcatraz in the distance. Once the boat docks you walk up to the prison at your own pace and then get head phones for a self guided tour. Its really good and really brings you into the story of what happened on Alcatraz. Pretty interesting. It was better then I expected it to be and ... read more
San Francisco
Sorry if my blog gets a bit shorter now. I did not write any further notes while on tour and so I'm just doing this now from memory - 2 years later. I wont make that mistake again. Anyway..... Today it was onto San Francisco. It was a relatively short drive - only a few hours. We had a bit of a driving tour around the city so we had an idea of things we might want to do and see in our 2 free days in San Francisco. We were taken to fisherman's wharf and had some time to look around then drove over the bridge to get some photos. We drove past the houses that were used in Mrs Doubtfire and Full House "the famous four". That afternoon/night we had our sunset sail optional. ... read more
Yosemete National Park
Woke up pretty sick today from stupid cold or hay fever. Wish I could have done better so could have done a decent hike in Yosemite. We were actually pretty lucky to arrive the time we did. Only a few days after we left there were huge bush fires and the tours after ours missed Yosemite. You could hire bikes. Cat, Barb and I went to the cafe and bought some sandwiches and then went to see if we could hire biked but they were all gone. We jumped on the shuttle and got off at one of the walking trails by the river. It was only rated a moderate train but the three of us all found it relatively hard. The fact I was sick didn't help. The track was quite hilly and the weather ... read more
Today was our big driving day. We left Vegas around 7:45 and got to Yosemete around 6:45. As I said... big driving day. We had several stops along the way. Once place was factory outlets in the middle of nowhere and that was great fun. Lots of shopping. Bought some Guess Jeans and Top about half the price or possibly even 1/3 then your would get them at home. When we got to Yosemete we checked in and then walked up the road to town for our included pizza dinner. The food was demolished fairly quickly. Nothing really goes on in town. Pretty much went to bed and watched tv. ... read more
MGM Grand
Today was our free day to do what we would like in Vegas. Cat and I got up and had breaky and then ran into Aaron and Donny around the car park so we made arrangements to do some sightseeing with them. Firstly we hit the MGM Grand. We went to the lion enclosure and it was just before it opened so we sat and waiting the few minutes. It was a good time to go because the lions were very active when they came out playing and running around. Next stop - Paris Paris. I loved it. Such a loser. Haha. But considering I have never been to Europe I was that excited just being in there. Its set out to look like an evening in Paris. The roof is painted with clouds, faint lighting, ... read more
Route 66
Drove to Vegas. :) We traveled along Historic Route 66 with some stops along the way. The first one was a little town where the movie "cars" was based around. It had some quirky stuff like "road kill cafe" and Arizona jail etc. The historic route 66 sign was about a 10 min walk out of town so I didn't go there to get photos but a few people did. Our hotel/motel was down the end of the strip near Hooters. Reports from past travellers all say the hotel is very basic but it was fine. We were never there anyway. It was very hot. We got ready to hit the town, black dresses and all. Everyone dressed up tonight. We got a tour of the strip from the bus from one end to the other. ... read more
Choppers
Woke up and had the included breaky. Pretty average. Not much options. Just grabbed a croissant. After that it was on the bus to go to the helicopters for those who chose to do that optional which was almost everyone. We all got weighed and watched a safety video. The choppers were all delayed due to high winds and were almost canceled which would have sucked big time. The delays ended up not being too long. I got to ride shot gun with the pilot. Awesome. It was so good. I thought it might be kinda scary, me hating heights and all but it was just amazing. Blows you away. The weather was overcast and misty but still got some good photos. Its so cool flying into the canyon. You start flying over trees etc and ... read more
Cat and I with Bell Rock
It was so good to wake up today and not be hung over. Especially after yesterdays efforts. Hot air ballooning was on this morning with a very early wake up of i think around 4am. I did not do it, Cat did though and really enjoyed it. Some people who were out drinking last night pulled an all righter not sleeping before ballooning. 3 others missed the optional from sleeping in after their night out. That would suck because its an expensive optional to miss. The drive to Grand Canyon was pretty cool. Awesome scenery and cool little towns. Main stop was Sedona. I think almost all of us did the options red rock jeep ride. It was really awesome - totally recommend it. We got taken off road and through the red rocks of Sedona. ... read more
