Blogs from San Luis Obispo, California, United States, North America

Day1: To Paso Robles We’re still keeping things local as our toddler is yet to be vaccinated. This is helping me find gems in driving distance. This holiday season, we’re headed to San Luis Obispo area for some animal fun! We stopped by Casa de Fruta to chop up the 3-hr drive. It is this farm-stand-turned-institution that has Casa de everything from hotel to gas station. We’ve passed by it gazillion times but never occurred to us to even give it a try…until a vehicle-loving tot joined us. This is the second time for us and it turned out to be an amazing place; amazing for the 2-yr-old and not too painful for us. First of all, there are peacocks, ducks, and roosters roaming around. We didn’t see them this time but there were tons of ... read more

There's been a few destinations along the way, but here is a documentation of my walk to San Francisco from San Luis Obispo. Truth be told, I didn't walk the ENTIRE way because it turns out that over 250 miles is actually quite difficult. Before heading out, I sent home a good deal of my belongings. I kept a sleeping bag, my mandolin, clothes and toiletries. After one day, I made it to Morro Bay. I found a patch of land under a tree and slept there for the night. A few other wandering souls joined the vicinity at some point as well. Thing was, my boots were too big and left me with some big nasty blisters that were gross to look at. I started stuffing random findings like a sock and a glove into ... read more

I got up at 8am and phoned up Enterprise Rent-A-Car to get them to pick me up so I could collect my car. However they took 40 min and when I arrived I had to wait a futher 20 min before i could get my car. Then when I finally had the car, a nice Toyota Yaris, I had to work out how to drive an automatic and how to drive on the right hand side of the road!! I mananged to get back to the house, following the rules of the road and stopping at every bloody stop sign, and packed up my gear. I however realised that I had left my hat in Jan's car so would have to go via Viewpoint on my way out of LA! I grabbed a Starbucks and planned ... read more

We are inside one week until Sean Fitzpatrick, Matt Rudow, and I will venture off to Europe which should prove to be a life changing 6 weeks. I am going to do my best to blog while we travel to keep friends and family in the loop. Check out the map to get a better idea of where we are going. Follow this blog to hear all about our experiences and to get a small window into life over the pond. Cheers!... read more

Der Tag war wirklich aufregend. Bin in aller Herrgottsfrueh aufgstanden und mim Taxi zum Bus gfahrn. Bei der Bushaltestelle hats ewig gedauert, bis der Bus endlich dahergekommen is... aba sobald i losgefahren bin wars eigentlich nur noch spannend weil i dauernd was Neues gsehn hab. Die Landschaft hat si so extrem veraendert und nix davon hab i davor jemals gesehen... Bin trotzdem ein paar mal eingeschlafen und hab ansonsten auch an meinem Reisetagebuch weitergeschrieben und so is der Tag eigentlich recht schnell vergangen. Je naeher i San Luis Obispo gekommen bin, desto oefter hab i dran gedacht, dass mir mei Mama eingeschaerft hat, niemals bei einem Fremden ins Auto zu steigen. (Wer hat das als Kind nicht gehoert?) Hab dann auch noch auf Tom warten muessen und war wirklich nervoes. Aba als i ihn gesehen hab, ... read more