America "Happy Travellers": Day 60 of 63 Nights

Looking down on The Big Sur

Still in California but sorry a bit of gap since my last blog.

Whilst in Long Beach we treated ourselves to VIP tickets to Universal Studios (well it is my special birthday year and Terry tends to indulge my inner child), it was great going behind all the back lots, going into the props warehouse, gourmet lunch and breakfast, getting VIP seats and front of the line for the shows, well it was all great until the rides ….. as I said it was amazing meeting people like Van Diesel and Mr Bean, a real Hollywood buzz, going into the Parenthood house, anyway back to the rides, I had made a list of which rides and which order we go on them, starting with The Simpson virtual reality ride, we got in with four others including two children and off we went, how I was not physically sick there and then and not later (which I was) I do not know, I looked over at Terry, he had his head down and eyes closed. It was AWFUL, it took me 24 hrs to get back my balance and not feel sick. Anyway after that we got back in the RV, VIP or not we went!!!! Not going back there!

The campsite we stayed on in LA was right on the beach with a bike path that stretched in both directions for miles, so one day we cycled to Santa Monica pier and had lunch in Bubba Gumps and the next day we cycled to Manhatton beach and had breakfast. Because we were coming up to July 4^th, American independence day there was a real party atmosphere on the site with some amazing music coming in all directions, fireworks at night on the beach, it was great.

We picked up Helene and Dudley from LA airport and started the drive up the 1, the Pacific Coast Drive, we are now in San Francisco, but on our way up we have stayed in beach sites, wine country sites, a couple of nights in a Redwood Forrest , talk about diverse. Once again meeting some interesting people who live this life just travelling around America in their massive RVs, always keen to show us the inside of their homes, we were luckily enough to be parked next to a couple who owned a winery down the road in Paso Robles and where trying out their brand new 45 ft RV, not only were they very friendly but they also kept us well supplied with their wine during our stay.

Now I am rambling so Highlights and Lowlights:

Highlights - Probably too many to mention but..

Cycling along the beach in LA

Celebrating July 4^th

The party nights in the adult spa

The amazing coast line

Lowlights

None!!!

Whoops made a mistake there with the math, it is 63 nights with the RV then we have a hire car for 10 days driving up to Seattle, so the Blog will continue….