Embassy Suites Temecula Ranch

... we see all the cool sights and night life! Continuing south to Missouri where we'll be camping at a place that sounds like a friggen BLAST: Trail of Tears! Hahaha! It's right along the mississippi river though so it should be pretty. <br><br>Once we leave the "Trail of Tears" that we will deem the "Trail of Laughter!" we head to New Orleans! (I'm way stoked about Chicago and New Orleans just BTW)<br><br>Now this is where our planning gets a bit foggy. I've planned all of this up ...

Guys-<br><br>I made it back on Thursday at 7pm. Total mileage logged: 7K+. Miles run for the last two days: 2,100. I rode from Tuscalossa AL to Van Horn TX on wednesay, that was 1,150 miles and took 20hours. The next day, I went from 120 miles east of El Paso Texas to Redlands CA. I think that was about 13 hours. It was sooo hot in AZ and CA! I had to ride organ-donor style for the last 4 or 5 hours...no riding jacket, just a ...

... large suitcase opened ..... no sat nav .... smaller suitcase, within the large suitcase opened .... SAT NAV ... found. This living out of suitcases was taking its toll! Eventually we checked out and were on our way towards Temecula to see 'Auntie' Cheryl, with Angie at the helm.......well as far as the gas station next door for fuel top up anyway. Chrissie went off to find some bottled water for the journey while Angie and Wendy got their ...

I've been lazing around these past weeks so I needed a real workout. I signed up for a day of fun at the Oceanview Gem Mine in Pala, California. This is the last operating mine in the Pala mining district. I saw this place on a show called "Treasure Hunters" some time ago and have always been interested. This mine is famous for its gem quality Tourmaline. You get to work the tailings pile from the main ...

... out 5 chimes and the employees behind the bar are not in a birthday mood. Their body language clearly states that they want to go home. We learn that our next winery is actually open until 6 so we head onward to #4, Mount Palomare. We park the car and music begins to fill our ears as we approach the front gates. Inside the courtyard is a fountain and people are sitting around tables, sipping their wine. A trio is playing some welcome jazz and a wonderful smell is drifting out ...

... and there's a big gumball machine in the waiting room, even the waitresses wear the pink and white stripped dresses and white aprons. My favourite dish there was the strawberry milkshake ofcourse. <br>One evening we went to the movie theater and watched Borat, my date really liked it, he didn't think it was going to be as funny. <br>I took many walks on the beach, waded into the water and at one time visited the surf museum. It contained many ancient surfboards and articles on ...

Trip pics are at: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictu res.html?id=2101096903 Saturday and Sunday were pretty low-key. We woke up (a tad hungover), and Dave went off to do a little laundry nearby in West Hollywood, since our hiking clothes were smelling up our backpacks. He brought me back a yummy bagel with veggies and cream cheese from this crunchy organic place where Dusty was finally able to get an Italian sub for breakfast. We showered and headed ...

... I headed straight for the MGM Grand because I was hoping to get tickets to Cirque Du Soleil or David Copperfield. I ended up deciding to see David Copperfield for a few reasons ... 1) As a child I always loved his shows and dreamt of seeing his show live ... 2) Cheaper tickets were available compared to Cirque Du Soleil, even though David Copperfield was still about $100US. The show started at 7.30pm so I organised some cash from my credit card and then got a bite to ...

Caught the local bus from Hollywood Blvd to Venice Beach. Venice Beach lived up to it´s reputation with the help of a few weirdo´s and some original begging techniques. Walked to Santa Monica Pier for lunch. Checked out the Getty Centre (awesome collection of artifacts) and headed to Pink´s ...

... I am a movie star". When I asked him if he had been to the Museum of Tolerance he said "I've got no time for tolerance". I hadn't realised just how big LA actually is. It takes ages to get anywhere. There are 3.68 million people in the city of LA (about the same as all of NZ) and over 14 million within a 60 mile radius. If metropolitan LA were a nation, its GDP would rank 14th in the world. Tourism here is worth US$10.5 billion!