http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , California en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 09:29:07 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 09:29:07 +0000 We are preparing to depart on an 86 day trip that will take us from Los Angeles to Ft Lauderdale aboard an old friend The Regent Mariner. We lay over for five days in South Florida and then reboard the Mariner for the circumnavigation of South America.If you would like to view our detailed itinerary it is available on the Regent website. For the December 20 January 5 trip from Los Angeles thro http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Palm-Desert/blog-459184.html A weird start to the day Spanish radio as our clock alarm at 7am in the morning We drove straight to the Monterey Peninsularsquos main attraction the 17mile scenic drive and home of Pebble Beach Golf Course. It was unbelievable standing on the 1st tee watching the golfers tee off. There was even an official starter for casual Saturday morning golf. That was only topped by the scenery on t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Big-Sur/blog-458712.html We spent Thursday night at Dos Reis County Park in San Joaquin County CA.Ok I didnrsquot get to see the Civil War on television but I look forward to seeing the Ducks play in the Rose Bowl. Since there are no longer any college or pro football teams worth watching in Washington State we must look southward to Oregon for caliber football.But I did get some nice photos at Dos Reis and the San http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bakersfield/blog-458278.html Today we woke up to a great day weather was a mild 67 degrees which is about 21C. We headed to San Diego Zoo for the day. Some of the animals were amazing. Elephants Pandas Lions Polar Bears Reindeer Jaguars. It was a really good day. We spent 6 hours there. Ben has been doing a great job driving us around everywhere. Unluckily for him he's pretty much been designated driver every day haha. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/blog-458237.html We got good news a couple of weeks ago. We will be camp ground hosts in March and April 2010 at San Elijo State Beach about 40 miles north of San Diego and 15 miles south of Carlsbad. It is in the little community of Cardif By The Sea. About 6 months ago I decided to look for a camp ground host job for this winter. For those who don't know what a camp ground host is the host is a volunteer http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Carlsbad/blog-458209.html A stunning way to impress guests and add volume to any party is with a backdrop. Backdrop rentals can enhance a wall for photoops increase atmosphere on a stage or enhance the back wall of a formal dining room.If yoursquore considering a Sweetsixteen ball or Quinceanera party you may also have to consider an over all theme. Backdrops are available in a wide variety to match what theme you ch http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/blog-458133.html Well yesterday we travelled alot today we did the same. This morning we checkedout of the Excalibur hotel casino and said goodbye to Las Vegas for the last time and headed on a journey back to the west coast to San Diego. It was a long drive we had to head back over to LA then head down the coast to San Diego took just over 6 hours with a couple of stops in between. I can't believe how early http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/Oceanside/blog-458100.html Started today with our Urban Safari Tour with a crazy insane tour guide. She was dressed in tight leopard skin pants a safari shirt and a safari hat with a huge feather. We all 6 of us 2 Sydneysiders and 2 annoying yanks had to sing before she would start the tour.However it turned out to be a fantastic morning. We were in the back of a decked out ute so we got to go to more areas than the us http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/Alcatraz/blog-457631.html By MelisseIn the celebrating of Thanksgiving some may think of the holidayrsquos historic foundation with either respect for the founding of this country or disgust of the annihilation of the native peoples of this land. Others embrace the day as a time to reflect upon all they are thankful for and a time to share a delicious meal. Some gatherings include immediate or extended family while othe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Sebastopol/blog-457228.html We've got it all packed and we're off http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-457110.html Country wedding dresses unlike many of the designer labels available for most modern brides take the simple beauty of the country and transform it into discount wedding dresses suitable for an outdoors traditional wedding. A country wedding dress comes in a variety of different styles and colors allowing women to show their joy at the celebration of their marriage while still maintaining the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Beverly-Hills/blog-456461.html I was out in San Francisco for DreamForce by SalesForce.com. There were about 20000 attendees this year to be part of the discussion on technology. A big topic this year was cloudcomputing as SFDC is pretty much the go to source for cloud trends. The big announcement was SalesForce Chatter that will launch next year. Marc Benioff SalesForce.com CEO kicked off the conference with a v http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-455589.html Day 141 Tuesday 080909 NJJDrove straight to San Diego wedding coming up We went to the city administration building to book an appointment for our marriage licence got it for Thursday at 8.30am. Can't do Wednesday 9th as loads of superstitious people are getting married there as the date is supposed to be lucky. Off to Campland on the Bay in Mission Bay. Checked in for 2 nights. Tent up a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/blog-455582.html Friday August 10th Leave Glasgow and head back homeMom John and I board the bus for the last time around 8am canrsquot remember when actually just know we were on the 2nd shuttle to the airport. No Frank he took off the night before so we just have Margie. She isnrsquot quite sure she believes my mom when she says we went to The Waterloo last night so I whip out the computer and sho http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Glendale/blog-454649.html Today Rose and I got our necessary vaccines for Tanzania which included Yellow Fever Polio Hepatitis A and Tetanus. We survived however I don't think it will be our favorite part of this travel expedition. No pain no gain right http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-454500.html In the present economic situation the loan interest rate is very high and is becoming difficult for any borrower to make their monthly payments easily. The fear of loosing homes brightens the probability of foreclosure. However Loan modification is the best way to avoid foreclosure. Lending institutes already have possessed many properties under foreclosure. Hence banks are promoting loan modifi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Camarillo/blog-454356.html move towards changeMy room has been ruffled through organized into 2 big black suitcases and one big blue bin. Sam from work is coming over in just a few hours yes I should be packing and will help move what lil belongings I have into storage. Its a bit emotional to be in the face of an ending but we all know what comes after the ending...a new beginning. And this I am embracing and dedicat http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-453687.html We spent the weekend pretty chilled out which was cool. Good to relax a bit. After a sleep in Ben and I drove down across town to one of the more amazing locations in San Diego Coronado. If you have heard of this place it is probably because of the Hotel Del Coronado a very old very large and very incredible hotel that sits right on the Coronado beach. Ben and I decided to lap up a bit of th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/La-Jolla/blog-453531.html Well the great North American adventure has started.We had our Amazing Race moment in the airport in Sydney with thetravel agent not informing us of the online visa we needed to complete in order to depart the country which found us running through the airport bags flying behind so that we were not the last team to check in. Thankfully it was a nonelimination round. We celebraed with a VB http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Hollywood/blog-453249.html Day 5We spent the night with Grandma Carole and Jenny. It was really nice to see them and get caught up on what happening in everyonersquos lives. As far as our travel there is not a ton to say here. We got up early and had a delicious breakfast at Big Johns in Frazier Park then headed west. We stopped at the RangerFire station to ask about road closures only to find that the major portion http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-453014.html