Just back from our mad dash / leisurely saunter - Yosemite to Big Sur via Grand Canyon, Vegas and Hollywood. Some highlights from Rach' include...
LA Skunks - not a baseball team just a skunk making its way home across a park in Los Angeles.
Breakfast at Linn's in Cambria.
Jumping the waves on Sand Dollar beach along the Big Sur.
Chasing trains along the rail road in the dust and dirt of the desert.
Stories to tell and photo's to upload as we prepare to pack and get the bus home...
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Tuesday 3 August 2010
San Fran by Millie
San Fran is amazing. At night the world lights up with bursting colours and dazzling lights that fill your eyes with happiness and laughter. The streets are swarming with people. The trams are going up and down the city like giant never stopping yoyos.
On Monday we hired some bikes. We rode for a long time until we finally got to the golden gate bridge. It was swarming with different kind of cars. It was very windy and cold when you were on the bridge, and scary because you didn't know if you were going to fall off, except you knew it was safe. I took some brilliant pictures.
We locked our bikes up and bought drinks and planned what we were going to do. We went all the way around Sausilito to the ferry for a ride back to San Fran, then rode all the way back to where we started. Dad then bought a massive Ben and Jerry ice cream and me and Evie shared a candy floss, which Jessie kept on pinching.
We are having a really nice time in the camper van.
Millie
On Monday we hired some bikes. We rode for a long time until we finally got to the golden gate bridge. It was swarming with different kind of cars. It was very windy and cold when you were on the bridge, and scary because you didn't know if you were going to fall off, except you knew it was safe. I took some brilliant pictures.
We locked our bikes up and bought drinks and planned what we were going to do. We went all the way around Sausilito to the ferry for a ride back to San Fran, then rode all the way back to where we started. Dad then bought a massive Ben and Jerry ice cream and me and Evie shared a candy floss, which Jessie kept on pinching.
We are having a really nice time in the camper van.
Millie
Monday 2 August 2010
San Fran - 10 highlights...
It's Sunday night Arizona where petrol is even cheaper. Found a posh RV site Papa would love on Route 66. Instant WiFi at 11pm - so with kids asleep we are having delightful moments of checking week old emails, and touching base with life back home (hello).
Life since our wonderful week in Lex has been non stop. So much to say, and after a 16 hour drive brief bleatings can only ensue!
Here are mine and Andy's highlights, in no particular order! (for those that know the place our 'hostel' was on the cross of Post and Taylor, central, lived in and popular with back packers looking for somewhere central.)
Hills.. wow! what character they give the place.. proper hills of the Bath and Sheffield variety, (and then some...) good for the thighs and heart!
Trolleys and Trams.. to save the thighs and sweat - san fran is a living transport museum with trolleys shipped in from all over the globe. loveit.
Breakfast... eat all you want bagels and coffee - part of the deal at our accommodation.,. lots of students,
Banksy. One of six found by chance at the top of China town/ Broadway... "if at first you don`t succeed, call an airstrike"
Walking.. everywhere and some.
Cycling.. 20 mile trip over `the` bridge to Sausilito and Tibruon, with a ferry back and our favourite Pizza house round the corner... great day.
California Academy of Sciences.. Underground, overground state of the art glance of life now and how to ensure a future (including Claude the albino alligator!)
Meal with Sarah, James and Julian.. childhood friend of Rachel`s, precious reunion, wonderful food (great meal out), Millie`s dream home.
Baseball.. an unlikely and spontaneous induction to rules joys and frustration of the game from a fellow diner over at a favourite pizza diner... brilliant.
Hidden gems.. Aadvark book shop, pool on Powell Street,
Glide.. church 2 blocks away, surprising mix of soul, soup and Sopranos. There`s real poverty on the streets of SF... lots of homeless far more evident than NYC... And Glide host various responses - including provision of 3 meals a day. Great service - and a preach on real religion. Jessie loved it. we stayed for coffee...
Some pictures...
Life since our wonderful week in Lex has been non stop. So much to say, and after a 16 hour drive brief bleatings can only ensue!
Here are mine and Andy's highlights, in no particular order! (for those that know the place our 'hostel' was on the cross of Post and Taylor, central, lived in and popular with back packers looking for somewhere central.)
Hills.. wow! what character they give the place.. proper hills of the Bath and Sheffield variety, (and then some...) good for the thighs and heart!
Trolleys and Trams.. to save the thighs and sweat - san fran is a living transport museum with trolleys shipped in from all over the globe. loveit.
Breakfast... eat all you want bagels and coffee - part of the deal at our accommodation.,. lots of students,
Banksy. One of six found by chance at the top of China town/ Broadway... "if at first you don`t succeed, call an airstrike"
Walking.. everywhere and some.
Cycling.. 20 mile trip over `the` bridge to Sausilito and Tibruon, with a ferry back and our favourite Pizza house round the corner... great day.
California Academy of Sciences.. Underground, overground state of the art glance of life now and how to ensure a future (including Claude the albino alligator!)
Meal with Sarah, James and Julian.. childhood friend of Rachel`s, precious reunion, wonderful food (great meal out), Millie`s dream home.
Baseball.. an unlikely and spontaneous induction to rules joys and frustration of the game from a fellow diner over at a favourite pizza diner... brilliant.
Hidden gems.. Aadvark book shop, pool on Powell Street,
Glide.. church 2 blocks away, surprising mix of soul, soup and Sopranos. There`s real poverty on the streets of SF... lots of homeless far more evident than NYC... And Glide host various responses - including provision of 3 meals a day. Great service - and a preach on real religion. Jessie loved it. we stayed for coffee...
Some pictures...
Lex to San Fran'...
A final mash of Lex' photos... including a gathering of Communality (a collective, a community, a calling to be part of...) near the new allotment at London Ferrill (another story for another time) which was very informal, inclusive, relaxed and friendly... a hint of church, with lots of food - we felt very welcomed, with Eve and Millie off and making friends. Find out more at http://theashram.blogspot.com...
Lexington
Lovely Lexington moments.
We're in Arizona (we arrived later than planned...) and free WifI shows up at this posh Recreational Vehicle (RV) camp site we've landed at. Just had a one-off 16 hour drive with a brief brunch stop at Bun Boy in Barstow on the ol' Route 66... No casualties. So - some snaps... and an update soon.
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