Blogs from California, United States, North America - page 1029

As the title says, today we started off by visiting Huntington Beach (Better known as Surf City) The beach is very very long and it was absolutely full of surfers of all ages, shapes and sizes. The weather wasn't wonderful so Chloe decided to put off surfing until another day. We met this 'awesome surfer dude' who owns a VW camper covered in stickers who came over to chat to us He was really way out. We then hit Surf City which is wall to wall surf related shops and restaurants which was amazing. After lunch we took the Pacific Coast Highway down through Newport and on to Laguna Beach. ... read more

just checked into a Bates motel in California after driving throught he most striking place I've ever seen in Death Valley...travelling with what I'm sure will turn out to be lifelong friends in MAtt, Tim, Gemma and Caroline..they're Rock and Roll...Vegas Baby!!! We partied again till the small hours at a slower pace than the night before..even managed to get Moocha out even if it was his honeymoon....totalled up a league of Rock and Roll Alcohol units consumed..I came last,...blame Saturday wandering around in Santa Barbara where I fell behind the leaders..41 points...god knows how many units...Moocha came 3rd fair enough it was his wedding and all I think he had 50 points Tim on 56 points and the winner Matt Jackson 'Daniels' on 61 points..bit of contestation over points a few half points haggled here ... read more

Another day in the desert dawned hot. We walked through golden canyon admiring the rock formations around us. Not so long ago a paved road had been built in the canyon but since flash floods come every year the rock below the road washed out destroying it. More investigation led us to such things as a natural bridge, droving around artist’s drive which boasts different coloured rocks, walked out on the salt flats in badwater which is 86m below sea level. Death Valley is an incredible place (did I say that already?) The intelligence in the processes that create the canyons, rocks and valleys is all around even though this place is a desert. We bid fairwell to the valley and its dust and headed out and up north for the bright lights of Las Vegas. ... read more

Our plane was delayed for an hour and a half because one of the engines wasnt working (dont worry though, it was only the auxillary engine used to power the electrics) we made up an hour in flight, and arrived at 3.30 local time. The flight was quite smooth but very boring!! except, when we flew over Las Vegas, which looks awesome. We went straight through customs and collected our hire car, which was supposed to be a small economy class but dad was easily persuaded to upgrade to a chevy 4x4 :D We hit the highway at rush hour, which has to be seen to be believed, but we survived 7 lanes of traffic, and arrived safely at our hotel. We are off for an early night now and we will update our blog tomorrow. ... read more

hi we arrived safely at SF on 1st nov and with everything intact. One of the gals got her birthday on 1st nov and we managed to celebrate it on two occasions - once on the plane - courtesy of SIA singapore and tonite at The Cheesefactory at Macy's in SF. Unfortunately the cheese cake at Macy's not free :( Day 1 went without any major hiccups..thankfully!... read more