Ramada Inn University Hotel Fresno

... drug dealer. One of the first things I mentioned was that we were traveling to San Fransisco, and not knowing anything about this guy he instantly said 'hey I live there, we should all hang out at mine, when are you going?' it just started to feel really weird. I tried to avoid all questions like that, anything in depth about where we were going. We asked who he was with and he just said 'oh my mum lives across town' - definitely suspicious ...

... von den Stühlen gerissen, als wir die Speisekarte bekommen haben. Wir haben sogar einen Cocktail bestellt und haben hervorragend gegessen. Eigentlich wie bei uns daheim, große Portionen, geschmacklich hervorragend und Preis Leistung passt! Da siehts mans wieder. Man muss nur wissen wo man hingeht und so ist aus einem Missverständis ein vorzügliches Dinner geworden!!! Wär hätte das gedacht!

Frisch gestäkt und fast erfroren (die Klimanalgen ...

... style when 'Journey' was on!!


Sun 30th Aug

One night stay in the lively San Jose to rest before we headed for Half Moon Bay and the infamous Sam's Chouwder House. Great veiws and fish dishes helped us for our trip heading south down route 1, which runs parrallel to the Pacific. many a winding road watching the coastline and the surfers before we reached Santa Cruz.

... Marmots & a Coyote). Kings Canyon is Massive! It takes ages to drive around. We had to fill-up in a 1928 petrol pump; It was really interesting to see how it worked. At the Ranger Office we inquired about the trails and the kids picked up the young Ranger program. We did Meadow trail collecting sugar cones along the way and hoping to see ...

Noc w Ridgecrest by³a krotka. Wstalismy wczesnie, by za pomoca Skype`a porozmawiac z naszymi rodzicami. U nich by³ srodek dnia, a u nas kwadrans po szostej. Poranek byl sloneczny i bardzo, ale to bardzo wietrzny. Krajobrazy, ktore towarzyszyly nam w drodze do Porterville, zmienialy sie jak w kalejdoskopie - poczawszy od pustynnych terenow porosnietych kaktusowym lasem (!), poprzez skaliste wzgorza i ukryte miedzy nimi jeziora, az po rozlegle zielone ...

Oh California! Where to begin? First off, my friend Liz is definitely one of the most hysterical people I know. We're meant for each other. We're both total goof balls.

I flew out to Los Angeles to stay with her and her new boyfriend (who is the male version of her so I love him too!). We went out to bars and drank and I met some interesting people (as usual). I got introduced to PinkBerry ...

Fresno California We made a stop in Fresno California because we were having problems with the Winnie again. Much to our chagrin, as we camped in Sequoia, the house batteries lost their charge and would not hold a charge for more than a few hours. You might recall that the Winnie was stuck at the dealer in Nokomis FLA for a month the last time we decided to get something fixed. And just about everything they touched at that dealer either wasn't fixed or only worked ...

... my ears tuned into the "cha-ching" noise I'd been longing to hear. I turned around and was blinded by a chuffed grin as Dan's machine poured out money. It was only $17 but that really is quite a lot of nickels! I'd been wond**ing how many coins it would take to fill up the plastic cups and that night we found out. It may have been a small win for a prop** gambl** but it was a giant windfall for a man with a $40/day budget. Aft** all the excitement, we decided to stay an extra night ...

... looking, our names are in the first booth to the left as you come in the front door). But, even if you don’t want to carve your name into the walls, Alpine Pizza is still worth visiting.

The majestic pine covered hills around Flagstaff soon gave way to the high desert. As we pulled into Kingman, I suggested to Dianne that we should go into Laughlin just so that we could say we’d been to Nevada. So, Dianne pulled off of I-40 and onto I ...

... follow-up research on the Internet, we were able to come up with an itinerary that filled up our two weeks. We cancelled our plane tickets and hotels for the initial trip, and rented a car for our Southwest swing.

It turned out to be a good trip. I think our enthusiasm was slightly tempered by the uncertainty that permeated over the country. Still, we found that the Southwest has many attractions that are worth visiting, and a few that one could avoid. The main thing ...