Let me start today by apologising for anyone who tried to view my YouTube clip from yesterdays blog. It has now been fixed so lease go back and try again. Breakfast served and prepared by our host Scott. We were joined by the other guests were one family of 2 young girls and their grandmas from Nth Carolina. They asked us I we would join them in saying grace which was a first for us. We had a good talk about politics. Scott served us fresh fruit being raspberries, rock melon and strawberries. This was followed by pancakes with a beautiful homemade syrup with diced apples. Washed down with homemade apple juice was excellent. Unlike the B & B in Savannah where it was all over in 30 minutes, here we kept talking for an hour ... read more

We had the usual buffet fare for breakfast and then headed into downtown Charleston across the Ashley River bridge. We had a walking tour booked with Tommy Dew starting at 11am so we had a little bit of time to kill so we headed south towards the end of the peninsula and Murray Boulevard where the quality of homes overlooking Charleston Harbour were amazing. Just house after house was in immaculate condition with beautiful gardens. We would find out later these homes whilst looking old are in the newer section of town built on reclaimed land but still over 100 years old. We got to the area known as The Battery that looks out to the Atlantic Ocean where you can see the famous Fort Sumter and headed up East Bay Street where the buildings just ... read more

Had a good night sleep in our big 4 post bed (almost needed a ladder to climb into it). Had breakfast downstairs in the dining room with 2 other couples who were from Orlando and another couple from Charlotte. They had been here for a while and were going home today (Sunday). They served us eggs florentine which looked like a quiche, a muffin, croissant and OJ and a raspberry type of desert. All pretty good. The weather started cloudy with a slight shower and pretty cool around 16 degrees, so we decided to use the car for a drive around Savannah’s Historical District. Kerry kept popping out for a photo as we slowly drove around. The best spots were the beautiful homes on Jones Street. We stopped for a coffee at the same café we ... read more

Alarms were set for 7am as we had to get to our first booked tour. We have a cooked breakfast buffet at the Best Western Plus which was pretty reasonable selection and everything was pretty fresh. I had Scrambled Eggs on toast with a sausage shaped like beef patty, blueberry yoghurt, muffin, and a pancake with maple syrup that I made myself in this fancy machine in 1 minute. All you do is put down a plate and press start and here it comes. Not real tasty and then Kerry said the next person’s was twice the size as mine (I guess I just warmed the machine up for them !). Kerry had more sense and had some healthier options. Next we headed off to the CNN Centre via Centennial Park which was built for the ... read more

Los Angeles It is now about 7.30am and daylight is just breaking as we walked outside the LAX terminal building and started looking for the free hotel shuttle. This place always reminds me of the movie flying high movie from the 1970’s as I keep hearing over the p.a. system “no parking in the white zone’’. We walked and walked an walked and finally found the right area. Just what we needed ! 10 minutes later the blue shuttle bus rolls in. A nice man puts our luggage in and no other passengers onboard so we have private transfer for the 5 minute ride to 4 Points Sheraton LAX and on arrival it was really quiet so we had no problem checking in. Our room was ready and in the older wing section, but did not ... read more