Doubletree Claremont

... with a lead foot. Although the clouds were low and black, we decided to see if we could find the famous aircraft boneyards at Mojave. They were supposed to be just out from the Mojave airport. Finding the airport was no trouble. Finding anything that might be a boneyard proved a little more difficult. We found enough airplanes to make up a very small bone (maybe one of those in the inner ear). But we found nothing that you might consider ...

Spent a very nice birthday roadtripping to Joshuah tree National Park and back with my new host Alex and two girls from South Tyrol. Had a wonderful time there, it was warm windy and sunny throughout. Wait for the pictures, the rockpiles/hills and trees are candy for the eyes. On our way back from Joshuah, we got stuck in LA traffic and almost ran into a car going backwards and straight across five lanes of the interstate (as in ...

... hurts, to be honest, but then two cars down, someone is cheering us on. We're not doing much, but I think it helps to keep the public aware that the war is continuing. Even if they're reminded for a nanosecond, that's better than not being reminded at all. The community, the interns and the permanent staff have made this such a welcoming and overwhelmingly happy experience so far. I have laughed every night I've been here to the point where my stomach hurts. I've learned ...

... at the room first and then see if we wanted to upgrade, so we headed up to our room on the 25th floor and found that he had upgraded us to a room with ensuite - we didnt ask for this one either!! After a quick shower we headed downstairs to have a look around the hotel and casino, we ended up having a pitcher of Margarita as it was half price, but we couldn't manage it all and ended up taking it up to our room as we were so tired.

... ourselves some tasty affordable coffee and then we headed back to Liz's house. We sat down in front the TV and watched student films Liz and her two roommates had to make as a final project. Jenn and I were so impressed by the quality and the movie's ability to draw us into it. We have to admit that we liked Liz's newest one the best and not just because she is a friend of Jenn's. It was the most believable and it kept us on the edge of our seat waiting to find out what the main ...

... painted then I took them and planted them in my aunt's garden, so I have the picture which at sometime I may be able to sell for someone else to enjoy and my aunt was able to enjoy the original mums in her yard for some time. The preparations of the van were the usual things-I changed the oil and filter,cleaned the spark plugs, new points, cap and rotor, cleaned the carburator, and I had to put a petcock on my heater hose because you could no longer ...

... on the beach south of Carlsbad, then a short stop in Encinitas and on tot he day use area of Cardiff State Park by the river. I wasn't feeling any better by the time I reached the San Diego city limits and I decided to return to Claremont and recover there. This ended my first exploration of the california coast. I was to remain in Claremont for about a month and then head back ...

Not too much to enter for today. Time to head back to Claremont. I stopped along Route 1at places by the beach. Then when I reached LA I drove through Hollywood and did some sightseeing and then on to Claremont. I had covered 1450.7 miles and had an average per day expense of $9.98. I was back with $10.69 left ...

... Connecticut. I visited with my relatives, andmy mother had coincidentally turned up at my aunt and uncle's the same day I arrived, but she had flown out. We went to the Getty Museum. I stayed mostly with my cousin and I painted a picture of his first house, but I never took a picture of it for my records. I found that YumYum Donuts was the best bet in the area as far ...

... and seemed to be fine. I found out a couple of days later as it died just as I was pulling up to a Pep Boys to get my car parts and I had to work on it right there because it wouldn't start again-the end of the points had melted together and the arm had broken off. The point gap is usually a vine adjustment that you need to make when tuning up the engine and here it had run for a couple of hundred ...