Pleasanton, United States

The plan was to get on the road first thing Monday morning. But true to the Olecko tradition, we didn't get moving north until around 4:00 pm (just in time for rush hour). Luckily the rain stayed pretty light the whole way. We almost made it as far ...

We're here! We left Winnemucca pretty early and headed through the desert towards California.  As soon as we left Nevada and drove into California, we hit Lake Tahoe, which was really pretty (a stark contrast to Reno, which was right across the ...

... do not believe it is worth the TA rating it has, I'm sure there are much better (and most definitely better restaurants) in Pleasanton. This is a pub that serves food, it is not what I would call a restaurant. We waked back down the street and back ...

... beers which were all lovely. After this we negotiated the city one final time to head out across the Bay Bridge to Pleasanton, to a brilliantly traditional motel - the real American sort that you think only exists in the movies! A couple of old cars were ...