DanNieCruisin

The temperature was so scorching on this leg! You will see pictures where our car read 119 degrees and we all know that the car only reads 2-3 degrees hotter than it is. I couldn't believe we were even passing through towns with gas stations and trailers in this heat. Who lives out here! We arrived in Las Vegas around 3:00pm (PDT) and it was a whopping 113 degrees outside. We thought our skin would melt. It was horrible. We found the nearest DQ for some ice cream and then called ourselves waiting in the room a few minutes so it could 'cool' off. Dumb thought, right? Well, it was very much NOT cooler in a few minutes. However, we still went to the Hoover Dam and I nearly died. The heat was absolutely unbearable. Oddly, ... read more

Part of the glamour of the road trip is going to new places, seeing things you have never seen before, but that's only half. The other half, which is the best half, is seeing new places with your number one road dog. My beloved is a great road warrior to have in the driver's seat...especially when he's taking us to Napa Valley. We went to Napa today and oh what a great time we had. If only we lived close and didn't have another place to go, we could have stayed for hours. We passed fields of vineyards and wineries and landed at Sattui Winery. This was a recommendation from our Aunt Ann and well, we can trust her word any day. We walked inside as novice and left tipsy. We went to the tasting room ... read more

Breakfast on the pier. If that was all it would be enough. Fortunately that is where our day started. We woke up in picturesque Monterey where we strolled to the fisherman's wharf. The day itself was picture perfect, the temperature was 68 with not a single cloud in sight. The beach had just enough people to make it look interesting without it being crowded. We saw otters seemingly sun tanning on the buoys in the harbor and the seagulls watching us watching them. We then had a wonderful breakfast at Lou Lou's Griddle in the Middle. From Monterey we drove to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk where we found it to be everything you see in a magazine, brochure, or movie. We started by walking past rollercoasters filled with screaming people, a small casino with occupied senior ... read more

What Up. Southern Cali, a little bit of everything. If you don't know, the weather stays the same year round. Cloudy cool mornings followed by sunny tropical afternoons. Beach after beach after beach. Even without the sun its always time for a little ocean dip. The day started with a short ride up the coastline from beautiful "Dego" to smoggy LA. In between we took a very romantic stroll along the beach, holding hands and watching waves. Then came the traffic and smog of cluttered LA. The next highlight was the infamous Roscoes Chicken & Waffles, great fried chicken and almost great waffles. As a counterbalance we soon after took a hike up the Hollywood hills gazing at the hillside mansions of the well to do. Once there we admired the scenary and took many pictures ... read more

As you can see, we are having an awesome time! The views, scenery, and sights are fantastic! We don't know where we can go from here...well maybe to San Francisco, Napa, Yosemite, Vegas again... They were already in the route map. We have only had a dozen conversations about our life travels on the road with our kids, family and friends. We may have to do a Winnebago caravan with all of our loved ones. Wouldn't that be fun! So we left Vegas Tuesday morning around 9:00am on our 9 hour trek to the West Coast. We saw mountains, desert, cactus, more highway curves, and beautiful, luscious trees. It's weird seeing palm trees in the mountains. Total irony to me. We arrived in San Diego and again discovered that watching Priceline everyday for weeks, once again, ... read more