Blogs from Santa Clarita, California, United States, North America

We spent another night out on the town in Vegas, decided to try the Bellagio Buffet. It is without a doubt the best buffet I have ever had in my life, Caviar, Fresh Crab legs, Kobe Beef, Lamb chops, sushi, salads, oriental, mexican, you name it and it was on the spread. The puddings were like you would see in a french patisserie, (not quite) well they were close enough and for a whopping $49 per person it was a feast. So that encouraged me to gamble $10 on slot machines, of which I of course lost it all. That was a wrap for Vegas and now for the final part of the coast to coast, California! We arrived Saturday after quite a tough drive, again more mountain climbing and very bumpy roads. The park is ... read more

Hello world, we're back after another full day of activities. This morning we headed to Rancho Deluxe in Santa Clarita - the site of many movies and television shows, including Bones, Wipeout, CSI and even Utopia. We got a personalised tour by the owner, who toured us around and showed us a range of sites that he'd built. It was a truly amazing experience. We saw the site where Abraham Lincoln was "born" in a recent movie and even the location where Cameron Diaz and Gerard Butler have filmed. Does that give us any movie cachet?? We did our first mail home of the trip too... Caution advised here. If you use a mailing/packing company, check the price first. This hurt. A lot. Next we visited the local Rotary Club and handed over a copy of ... read more

Geo: 34.4134, -118.552Weather was back to Monterey fog yesterday, and a little chilly. It was almost gloomy when we arrived to play golf at 8am. Black Horse was great although the greens were brutal. On one par three we all hit the green and then three of us four-putted! Despite too many putts I played below handicap, helped by three birdies - the most in one round in ages. And good enough to win the most "skins". We cut short our after-golf drinking time and Robyn and I drove around touristing in the afternoon.Managed to get a dinner reservation last night at the very popular Monterey Fish House restaurant on Del Monte Ave. Very nice clam chowder and sword fish grilled in Cajun spices.Google maps says it is about a seven hour drive to the desert. ... read more

Today we headed out at about 9 to make it to Six flags by 10.30. We got there about 11 cos it was a bit of a mission getting there but we managed without getting too lost! You’d think you would have seen it from miles away with its 18 rollar coasters but no! We were pretty blown away when we got inside and it was El’s first time at a theme park so was exciting times! It was a stinking hot day so on we slapped the sunscreen then headed off to start some rides. On the brochure it was split into sections starting from the less scary rides to the most scary. We wanted to get through everything so started at the start but after about an hour realised there was wayyyy too many ... read more

(The Master's College) This is the smorgasbord of pictures! They've been taken throughout our stay at TMC, and I want to share them. I think the explanations will suffice! We are leaving Wednesday morning, as are Dave and Wanda, who are headed to Arizona to spend time in Mexico...in the daylight. They're then headed to South Dakota for the summer. Wayne and Lois are leaving later in the day, and they're headed home to Albertauntil next January. Peter and Marlene will be leaving for home (Saskatchewan) on Friday, and they, too, are done until next January. Kyle and Carolyn are going to spend two more weeks doing volunteer work at the college, which will allow them time to do more sightseeing, as well as giving spring more time to get to Illinois! They're also finished until ... read more