After a reeeeealllly sloooooow start to the morning we caught the bus down State Street (the main thoroughfare (we are staying at 3525 State Street) and got off the bus once we arrived “Downtown”. From here we sauntered further down State Street looking for somewhere to have lunch (we missed breakfast this morning due to oversleeping!). We found a California Pasta restaurant (that really is our idea of fast food). Mark and Annabel gorged on plates of pasta whilst Ellie had a sandwich and Jack a salad! (we really have bought our kids up well huh?). We’ve decided we like Santa [View Full Entry]

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Well the day began with the sound of the ocean when we awoke. We had planned on a very educational day at Hearst Castle but we opted for a change of plans and boogie boarding won out! The girls spent a few hours on the beach before we piled in the car and headed towards Morro Bay and the Santa Barbara area. Right on cue, Christie had google mapped her way to another foofy coffee house in downtown Morro Bay called Top Dog Coffee. Rob enjoyed the chai tea with mexican chocolate called....Chai Chaimayan tea. It smelled & tasted great! The [View Full Entry]

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Welcome to Chase's Travel Blog. We are setting it up and experimenting with some of its features. All this information will be removed and replaced by Chase before informing others beyond Maureen, Emily, etc who are anxious to see how this is coming together. We have loaded a couple of pictures plus a 10 minute video interview of Chase. To see the video interview you need to hit "View Full Entry" I am not satisfied with the size of the video that is uploaded on the blog. I think it is better to see the video directly from the Google Video [View Full Entry]

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I dag har vi henta bilen våra, en fin chrysler seabring cabrioliet, e syns den e kjempe flott, mens aleksander hadde igrunn ønska se nokke som va en deel heftigere:P vi kjørte fra santa monica mot hollywood 1tida, grunnen va at vi ikke hadde fått tatt et skikkelig bilde av hollywood skilfte, å me en genial gps å litt flaks fant vi de me enngag:)) vi kjørte derretter mot highway 1 som skuille bringe oss langs kysten opp mot san fransisco, en tur som e på 630km. vi trenge ikke vær i san fransisco før om to daga å tar de [View Full Entry]

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After just about 24 hours of travel, we're home!!! At least home in Santa Barbara. It's strange to be back among the reality of computers (although we had ours with us), cell phones, driving on the "right" side of the road, and our instruments.... (although I had mine with me all along, it wasn't used AT ALL!). So, here we are amongst reality! The time difference between Thailand and California is 14 hours. When we were posting our blogs in Thailand at the end of the day, all of our family and friends were just waking up to a new day [View Full Entry]

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Eine wunderschöne Fahrt von San Fran nach L.A. entlang der Küste auf der Straße #1. Wir übernachteten in Santa Barbara bei Couchsurfern und fuhren am nächsten Tag gleich wieder los Richtung L.A. Auf dem Weg waren wir auf den Spuren von einigen Stars und Hauesern..... These are the pics: [View Full Entry]

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BOSTON So here it is!! Our first blog entry. We were just trying to keep you all in suspense, but really, it was all down to the fact that America seems to only have 4 internet cafes countrywide! Heathrow was a nightmare. We were delayed by over an hour waiting to get onto the plane and then while we were in the air we was delayed landing again!!! Overall a 6 hour and 27 minute flight turned into a 8 and a half hour flight!!! And then, like I told you all and nobody believed me (including Sian) we were detained [View Full Entry]

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My lovely wife Dana suggested today’s title. (She’s the woman who bought me eleven six-packs of beer for my birthday a couple years back!) Friday April 4th dawned clear, mid-40s and breezy. Before sunrise surfers were in the water and fishermen were casting into the waves. After unburdening my bike of all it’s luggage for my day ride, I down loaded a route into the GPS. Intelligence was gathered from a subscription website, Pashnit.com, which contains hundreds of beautiful motorcycling roads in California. The site is run by a photojournalist and his photos combined with his descriptions and sensibilities make these [View Full Entry]

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After a final burst of convention floor frenzy, packing a box of business clothes and literature for shipping home, it was back to the hotel for departure. The beginning of a nine day vacation had arrived. The freeways the GPS chose to route me out of town lacked diamond commuter lanes. Nonetheless, traffic flowed smoothly after a noon departure. Did I mention that drivers hauls ass down here? Soon I was riding in view of the Pacific Ocean up the coast through Santa Barbara, and beyond almost to Lompoc. Here I turned off a little road that dead ends at Jalama [View Full Entry]

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just returned from home and classes have started again. im not used to this. well, i am of course, the whole school thing, ive pretty much done it all my life, but really my brain needs rest. thank goodness for the open space that surround this desert. today i walked out to a point that is about six miles from my house, and it was gorgeous. there was a little private bluff that i sat on, slept on etc. it was lovely and peacefuland i would love to do that every day. still anticipating sweden. it seems far away but i [View Full Entry]

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