Bestrest Inn, A Rodeway Inn Lebec

... on the soft sand looking out to the lake. Once the couple left, it was just three of us having a good time. We also got to see two Lamborghinis in the parking area and that was pretty cool. Phil found a Mercedez car key that we ended up taking with us for the rest of the trip. Don't ask me why, we just did.

... works and diverted us nicely in a circle and back along narrow roads completely parked out (I mean who else but three Aussie Travellers would attempt to go to the most popular beaches in LA on a sweltering Sunday?) So enough is enough lets us reset Mandy to take us to our NEW home. Away we go and gee the traffic was only 7 lanes all going the same way and it went on and on, we were starting to believe the next stop was San Fran. I will not bore you with the various comments etc ...

... I missed to recall was to get Adam to come along for the IT support, I figure with Earnie and his tool kit and Adam with the IT support we wouldn't have any maintenance for Rick to wreck, on the way around. Oh well if that is all that I have forgotten then we will manage I guess. Back to the solution for the tele and satellite dish Rick wandered over to Joe's RV (he has a dish set up already! J and asked for help. Joe gave me a ...

... way to start off your stay in LA. I took a bath in gigantic tub when we got here and took a short nap. We went to dinner at 8. It was pretty fancy and absolutely delicious. Hopefully the weather will be nice tomorrow and we'll do some pool lounging. Also being planned is going to see Santa Monica. Right now though it's 11 here, so we feel like it's about 2AM - and I'm about to crash for a good amount of hours. I couldn't sleep on the plan from ...

Merry Christmas to one and all!! What a Christmas we have had. We have been to Universal Studios since we have arrived which was great, but we topped that on Christmas Day by going to Disneyland!! Pure Magic. We are staying just off the Hollywood Bld, which has turned out to be the biggest dump around! Imagine rows of t-shirt shops, then a tattoo parlour then just ...

... whales must've been bashful that day cos we didn't see any :o(  but we did about 500 migrating dolphins and a few porpoises.   Only had the one night in Monteray.  Its definately a lovely place to stop over if anyone ever does this journey.  We hit the road again and, woo-hoo, we get to put the roof down cos the sun's shining!  There's a drive you can take known as the 17 mile drive (you have to go on a toll road for it) its ...

... to go on the studio tour which took you round the set of Desperate Housewives! so gutted i missed it! Then on Tues we went down Hollywood Blvd and the Sunset Strip. Didnt see any famous ppl but saw the famous hand prints outside the chinese theatre etc. Then the rest of the week nat and me jus chilled near our Hostel. We were staying in venice beach and were right on the beach which was cool! I actually quite liked LA, id heard it wasn't that nice but compared to San ...

... building were just so snooty that I thought what the hell - I've paid the same as you. We returned to our room as HI hostels aren't exactly party central. They have a strict no alcohol policy so they tend to be really quiet places, hence why they're full of professional people with their laptops. The sulphur smell was still there but just not as bad, so we both had a go on the internet and tried to plan the rest of our trip. Just as I was on the internet, lee jumped on ...

Awoke to a lovely sunny day. Got my early morning exercises by walking around the twisty Lombard Street and cable car turn around parts of San Francisco. A good test for my quads going up that hill. Must have been close to straight up hill. I left SF about 8:00 and headed south on I-5 and Interstate 101. I was determined, since I had missed the 17 Mile Drive at Carmel the last time I was down that I would go there this time. It was a bit of an uncertain drive as parts of the road are ...

... Andy's job, professional baseball gambler (which would appear to be fairly lucrative) is a late night, late morning kind of thing. We only saw them the first night (we rocked home at 2:00am the second). They are about to pack up house and embark on a road trip. Vegas ... what can you really say? Well, for a start, it was raining! We started with the Liberace Museum. More feathers, fur, sequins, glass tiling and crystal than should be in one place at one time - and then ...