Blogs from San Luis Obispo, California, United States, North America - page 2

1st March 2011 Our last day in L.A. before hitting the road for the last time started at a reasonable hour. Showered and wearing clean clothes after my bag finally showed up last night, we made our plan. We headed to reception to book our shuttle to the airport for tomorrow (we have to get to the airport to pick up the car as we could only hire it from there if we want to drop it off in San Francisco) With that sorted out, we made our plan for the day, with the help of Kat. She recommended a few stops on the Metro for us to check out and so we headed out into the big city. We walked to the stop and bought our ticket from the machine. We got a paper ... read more

This is just a test to see how to tell you all to access my upcoming travel blog. We don't know how often we'll have internet access or how much time we'll feel like spending on the blog, but at least we can upload some photos now and then, if nothing else!... read more

Yesterday we drove down to San Luis Obispo. Finally found some sun...had been misty and overcast the whole time we were in Moss Landing. The drive down 101 reminded us both so much of the Yakima Valley. There were big hills on either side of the valley, and lots of farms and vineyards along the river. It was warm (80) around Paso Robles, but really nice (75) with a light breeze when we arrived. We're staying at the Eagles here, so got settled in their back parking lot and went in to check it out. We met Rick, who lives here 5 months and Tucson the rest of the year in his 5th wheel, so he gave us lots of tips for the "lay of the land"!! He also introduced us to everyone in the joint!! ... read more

Birthday Bash My friend Rich invited some friends over his house for a Jam session, but Henry got sick and they couldn't play at his house. So I told him to move the party over my RV and the party was on. First, Rich and Eric showed up and I wasn't sure if any others would come. I'd met Eric a week before at Kurt's party, and we started picking a little and then the main band showed up. Shawn and Mark are from the bluegrass band "Mother Corn Shuckers" and they've been playing together for 30 years. Robert came to play and a few others almost made it. We had 4 guitarists, 1 banjo and me on harmonica and dancing! Shawn has written many of the songs and he has some humorous and poignant lyrics. ... read more

SLO Town The next stop on our journey was in the home of my alma mater - Cal Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. This mouthful is more commonly known as Cal Poly SLO. I have several friends in the area who I've visited about every year for the last 10 years. I used to have meetings in southern California every February, so I'd come up and visit my old college buddies - Kurt and Rich - regularly. Over the last few years, the February meeting has shifted to Austin or San Antonio, so I've visited them on weekends after I had corporate meetings in San Jose. There's nothing like visiting old college friends to "take me back to my youth" as Grace would say. Just like how my oldest brother Chris made his ... read more