Blogs from LAX, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 2

Trip Dates: June 19th 2017 - July 10th 2017 Yep, It's me, the Alien and I'm at it again! Last year I took an epic ride across America and a few folks have told name that they enjoyed following along with my misadventures. To kick off this year's trip, this post will contain FAQ's, route information, preparations and equipment. FAQ's: 1. Really? Again? You didn't have enough of this last year? Yeah. Yeah. No. 2. How can you just leave your wife at home and go off on these trips? Mrs. Alien is very understanding about these rides. She is always invited to come along but long miles on the bike for weeks at a time is not her idea of fun. This year, she will fly out to meet me in Montana where we will ... read more

We left London at 4pm on the 12th May, landing in Los Angeles at about 7.30pm local time. Flight with Air New Zealand was good... Pros: punctual, comfy seats with adequate space, good inflight entertainment and Spencer discovered he could order (free) food and drink electronically via the inflight entertainment system, delivered to his seat. Cons: the slighty crazy American woman I sat next to who buzzed constantly for the flight attendants and watched LaLa Land (perhaps the clue was in the name?) three times, laughing loudly in all the wrong places. Trouble free shuttle to the airport Crown Plaza where we are staying for three nights before picking up the RV... and here we are. Spencer made his usual pronouncement about the best way to beat jet lag (stay awake until the local bedtime). Before ... read more

Up at 9am, and need to reorganize all the luggage before we check out at 11am as the luggage limits are quite different for domestic flights here in USA compared with the flight back home on Virgin Australia. We have to put more stuff in checked in baggage and less in our carry on luggage. I really need to do something with the little purple suitcase as we only get 7kg carry of limit and it weighs over 3kg when it is empty ! I forgot to mention last night how I saw something I had never seen before when we were in Fremont Street. I went to the loo at the Golden Nugget Casino and there was a special container on the wall to place your can/bottle of beer in whilst doing what we boys ... read more

We've dropped off Jeep MK2 and checked in with a nice 4 hour wait till our boarding time so I thought I would write a final post about yesterday. On our way from Anaheim, we had a couple of hours to spare and it was a beautiful day so we decided to make a stop at Huntington Beach before checking in at the queen Mary. This was defiantly our kind of beach. Miles of white sand coast, surf and cheap on street parking! It even has a section before you get onto the main beach with fire pits and litter bins so you can spend your day sun bathing and finish it off with a regulated fire/bbq without being told to move on (like in UK). The Queen Mary was our next and final Stop permanently ... read more

I'll make the entry brief as there really wasn't a lot to mention. We were up at 6am and out the door by 7. We'd had a lovely restful night's sleep and it was about a ten minute walk to the Amtrak station. Checking in again was simple. We did need our tickets and identification then handed over our bags. The heaviest was about 47 pounds (not sure of the conversion to kg) and the lightest was just over 44... We grabbed a station coffee (don't do it! Really... Don't do it!!) then boarded the train. The trip was relatively uneventful except for the couple having a melt-down/breakup behind us. Dinner and a Show!!! We did notice a lot of homeless encampments along the way, and I have a couple of pics - it is really ... read more