Spencer and Sarah

Unfinished business in the Himalayas. Trip starts on the 15th October 2022........ read more

This morning we were ferried to the RV Bear depot to pick up our wheels. A great RV this time, with a slide out living area giving really good kitchen/living space while still managing to have a permanent double bed (a must have for me, can't be doing with all that making up and putting away malarkey). As usual, it is a 7 berth 30ft little number. As Mrs RV Bear was showing us around I was surprised by the volume of bedding and towels provided, until she explained that due to the size of the rig she had assumed more people were coming.... We had booked a state camp site at Malibu Creek, only a half hour drive, so we would have plenty of time to unpack, go shopping for food etc. Spencer's first experience ... read more

We left London at 4pm on the 12th May, landing in Los Angeles at about 7.30pm local time. Flight with Air New Zealand was good... Pros: punctual, comfy seats with adequate space, good inflight entertainment and Spencer discovered he could order (free) food and drink electronically via the inflight entertainment system, delivered to his seat. Cons: the slighty crazy American woman I sat next to who buzzed constantly for the flight attendants and watched LaLa Land (perhaps the clue was in the name?) three times, laughing loudly in all the wrong places. Trouble free shuttle to the airport Crown Plaza where we are staying for three nights before picking up the RV... and here we are. Spencer made his usual pronouncement about the best way to beat jet lag (stay awake until the local bedtime). Before ... read more

This morning we visited Fort Niagara, which was apparently held a key strategic position in the fight for the continent. It is really well preserved and very interesting, was built in the 16 somethings and has been French, English, American, Native American and everything in between. Tomorrow is our 'transit' day when we head back to NYC, to be within striking distance of the RV depot for handover Saturday morning so we headed for an overnight stop at Letchworth State Park, to get us heading in the right direction. Letchworth is apparently called the Grand Canyon of the North and is a huge park. We arrived at the gate and I explained that we would like to walk along the river and see the waterfalls, but also needed to book in to camp. The camp ground ... read more

Heading west, we followed the Lake Ontario shoreline, looking, without success, for something interesting to do on the way. In England, we seem to squeeze every opportunity out of anything scenic or unusual but here there is just so much that is scenic or unusual, they seem indifferent to a lot of it. The lake is staggering, so huge you can look in all directions and not see land (193 miles long and 53 wide). We selected Hamlin Beach State Park as our destination for the night. Unfortunately it was absolutely mobbed by people from nearby (grotty) Rochester having Memorial Day picnics on the beach with numerous people, children and mandatory ghetto blaster per group. Luckily it was one of the bigger parks and we headed off to the camping area which was relatively empty and ... read more