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We woke up to the Californian sunshine and packed suitcases – oh dear, time to go home. Sheila drove us from LAX when we arrived and had the honour of the final drive back to the airport.  Sharing the driving was great, front seat passenger helped navigate and back seat took the photos.  We rotated…

Yes, it’s raining again. We’ve found umbrellas in our rooms so they must know something. Apparently they had five years of dreadful drought but last year, and this, things have been exceptionally damper. Never mind, plenty to do under cover and we do have those umbrellas. First thought was to go to the local Mission…

So it rained all night and it’s raining this morning.  Not light rain but good old stair rods soak you through rain.  We decided to change our plans and go somewhere we couldn’t get too wet. SHOPPING!!    Walmart called so we checked out, collected the car and made for Arroyo Grande, on our way to…

Lovely meal last night and better still the promise from Sue that we were due to see The Rock today. Imagine the disappointment when she meant this rock. It was still impressive.  Morro Rock,  a volcanic plug with a history going back 23 million years. It has a small causeway to Morro Bay but although…

         Today’s Selfie.                      More about them later.               We left our hotel this morning heading for the Carmel Mission Basilica and Shrine of Saint Junipero Serro. He was the Founding Father  of California. In 1771 he established the mission plus another 7. It has hosted world leaders and a special visit from Pope John Paul ll, and…

As we begin our homeward leg we have given ourselves 2 night stays so we can begin to calm down.  So after the shenanigans of yesterday it was good to have a whole day and night in front of us (and a working car). After breakfast at the hotel we set off for the 17…

Lovely day planned today – drive to Pacific Highway 1 and meander the 130 or so miles down to Carmel.  Sun is shining and we even had a bit of a lie in.  Best laid plans eh……. Checked out, valet drives the car around, in we get and then it starts – the relentless and…

Today was rather a sight seeing fest but first, the eclipse.  All news channels were mostly devoted to it and there were also special Eclipse Channels.  It was due in our neck of the woods around 10.15 am when we were on the Big Bus Hop On Hop Off.  We didn’t have eclipse glasses so…

Blue skies greeted us this morning for a planned visit to Alcatraz.     First a 15 minute ferry ride across the bay with Alcatraz coming into view. Starting life as an island visited by Indian tribes but unused there were plans to build a lighthouse in 1854. The Gold Rush spurred its construction as the wealth…

We were determined that a fall of unexpected snow would not stop us visiting Yosemite. We made a call and things had improved and tyre chains were no longer necessary. Packed up we had breakfast – if Janice doesn’t get at least 2 cups of tea in the morning she’s dangerous to approach. We set…