Comfort Inn Beachboardwalk Area Santa Cruz

Finally left the noisy dorm room yay. Saw some massive waves along the coast towards Monterey. Stopped off in Santa Cruz, not much going on in Fall! Apparently it's wooden rollercoaster is a national monument! Got to Monterey and found a visitor centre for a map. Hotel man upgraded us to a deluxe king, had a microwave and a fridge! Watched lots of TV ...

... had a falafel wrap), we drove down to New Brighton Beach a couple of miles outside town. Unfortunately, as the beach is part of a state park we had to pay to enter, which pleased us no end. We forgot all about the charge though as the beach was beautiful and deserted. Driftwood was scattered all over the sand and out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw one of the bits of wood move. On closer inspection we ...

... in England before leaving but loved that they were popular over here. Determined that this was the year of their take-off across the pond.<br>-My Museum. NO, MY Museum being built next door, date TBA.<br>-Sprinting up hills being me. Just had to run. (Randi you know)<br>-"Burning Man's got Lola's name written all over it" -Matt, haha, yes it does.<br>-"Sounds like Katie Towers doesn't do halves."<br>-What the Brits think of America: "I want a corndog and Montell Williams is good."....WHAT?

... this stretch of coast, but the Americans have a really great ability of ruining every half decent vantage point with a fence. And they're not exactly subtle fences.<br><br>You clearly have to be of a certain character to live along 17 Mile Drive. Not only do you have to have a ridiculous amount of money (anything that is for sale seems is being dealt with by Sotherby's) it is also clear you have to have the special characteristics that are demanded of you to be a total ...

... VERY disorienting. Perhaps it's just the location in the building where all of the lines that are off-straight (when you exptect lines in a building to be straight) are suddenly visible at just the right visual points to effect both direct and peripheral vision. Perhaps there's a slight curve in the floor there that can only subtly be sensed. or perhaps there really is a mysterious effect taking place in that building.... The other ...

Søndag i San Francisco bød som planlagt på en 8 timers whale watching-tour med Oceanic Society. Heldigvis var det tåget og havet derfor relativt roligt; så vi slap begge (med lidt hjælp fra et par søsygetabletter) for at tømme maverne ud over rælingen. Vores guide, Susan var en såkaldt "Birder", hvilket viste sig at betyde, at hun er helt tosset med fugle... Vi fik derfor undervejs fik vi set en masse fugle; bl.a. en s ...

... Pacific Avenue to where most of the shops were and had a wander about. We stopped off in an Irish bar for a drink, Rosie McCann's. $5 for an Anchor Steam, flipping rip off. We headed back to the hotel and went to sit out by its pool to read a book for a while. You get pool towels from reception but they are so small they are more like tea towels. If you need a pool ...

... USA burger and chips. Yes, the trouser dream may be difficult to achieve, but I've got to try. We headed on and ended up driving well in to the dark as sunset is about 5.30. After calling in to a supermarket to get some grub for the night and next day we eventually drove in to Big Basin State Park at about 8pm by which time everything was shut and very very dark. This meant finding how to register and more importantly finding a tent cabin ...

Despite flying issues in the recent past, the flight from PDX to SFO was very smooth. With the exception of one noisy child and a bit of stomach queasiness (the result of medical issues, not flight), the trip was very pleasing. Airports are well-known Meccas of people-watching wonders. My current observation is that of the extensive reliance on cell phones of the current traveling population. At any given time I can look around and be guaranteed to catch a significant ...

Went to the Wharf and checked out nearby China Town. Found amazing dim sum, six fat shrimp pieces for 2.40, on or near Washington St. I also found a neat quote in my excite email account saying, "The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it, and the man who can overcome his ...