Aug 20, 2012 - I Love L.A. (We Love It!)

When Randy Newman released his Trouble In Paradise album of 1983, it featured the popular song ‘I Love L.A.’ The song is actually a satirical commentary on Los Angeles and everything is represents, in particular the painfully obvious dichotomy of those living American Dream and those who clearly are not, with a subtle emphasis on the difference being those who have a grip on reality and those who don’t. I went to LA following the Monterey festivities with the sole purpose of checking out a few vintage guitar stores, as it is amazing what...

Aug 15, 2012 - Warner Brothers Studio

Today we are taking a tour of Warner Brothers Studios. It is in Burbank and we have to drive ourselves there – yikes! It is only 38 miles away, but we are leaving 2 hours ahead of our scheduled time and hope that we make it. It was a pretty straight shot north on I-5 – we had our Mapquest and Ethel (our GPS). The traffic was very heavy but after we passed downtown LA it went pretty well. We actually made it there in 1-1/2 hours. We checked in and were able to get on a tour 15 minutes earlier. First we saw a movie about the founding of...

Aug 13, 2012 - Los Angles, CA

Time to load up again – can’t say I am sorry to leave this campground. It is another one that is just dirt and cut into hillsides so you can hardly walk around the RV without slipping down a hill. I sure would not want to be here if it rained – that would be a real mess. We are headed to Los Angeles today. It is a pretty straight shot down US 101. On the way we see a mixture of dry grass hillsides with some vegetable crops growing in the valleys – it’s all about the water. We are able to make pretty good time until we are about 50 miles...

Aug 5, 2012 - Venice Beach

We hadden het strand in Manhattan Beach al gezien, maar Venice Beach is natuurlijk nog wel even wat gigantischer! We hebben een lange wandeling gemaakt over het strand, en daarna over de boulevard terug gelopen, heel veel kraampjes en reclame makers verder, toch maar erg moe terug gegaan naar het hotel en gaan uiteten. Lui dagje dus haha.

Aug 4, 2012 - Los Angeles here we come!

Jaaaaaa we vertrekken naar Los Angeles! Onderweg nog naar een huge ass shopping mall geweest, het was een outlet maar nog steeds was alles natuurlijk duur, want die grote merken zijn toch niet echt ons ding. Wel heeft pap 2 korte broeken gekocht, de eerste die hij aan heeft deze vakantie! Hoe is het mogelijk?! Hij vond zijn benen niet kunnen, maar ik heb hem over kunne halen haha. Daarna onderweg naar Los Angeles iets ongelooflijks meegemaakt. Er was namelijk een ende lange file, en eenmaal aangekomen bij het "begin" bleek dat er gewoon 2...

Jul 27, 2012 - DAY 5

The morning, we left to Los Angeles (4h5min.). We visited the city outside to keep our money. We ate at a little beautiful restaurant (25$ per person). The night, we walked in the city, because it’s fabulous to see all the lights of this city. After, we slept at the cheapest motel of the place (70$ per night).

Jul 21, 2012 - We're Off!

We left Denver at 8:45 am. Smooth flying to LA although Direct TV didn't think so. Somehow our cheapo ticket on Frontier allowed us to have free Direct TV. The price is $7. The attendant came around to unlock our freebie. Then for most of the flight it said "due to normal flight movement, the service is temporarily unavailable" I think Renn watched about 5 minuets of SpongeBob. Another fun tidbit: The LA X terminal that houses Korean Air has no open concessions except for chips. We should have eaten before going through security. Who knew...

Jul 12, 2012 - Los Angeles

De Las Vegas à Los Angeles CA Distance parcourrue 247 milles Campground LOA Fairplex à Pomona CA Je couche 8 nuits Il n'y a aucun Passport à moins d'une heure de trajet de Los Angeles et je cherche un plus près mais ils sont tous très chers... par acquis de conscience je vérifie les KOA et j'en trouve un a Pomona qui offre un tarif hedbomadaire acceptable. Le trajet est sans grand intéret sauf il faut remarquer que les routes au Nevada sont impeccable, aucun nid de poule, pas d'irrérularitée comme voyager sur un nuage. Je traverse...

Jul 11, 2012 - Pismo beach- Solvang-Santa Barbara- Santa Monica til stopp Oceanside

Hei Vi har hatt dårlig nett i et par dager og har derfor ikke fått skrevet reisebrev. 10.juli våknet vi opp i Carmel og da klokken var 9 satte vi oss i bilen og kom oss ut på highway 1 på vei videre sydover. Havtåken som vi trodde kun lå i SF og områdene rundt, følger oss nedover kysten og det er litt synd for det ødelegger for endel av naturopplevelsene. Highway 1 er virkelig flott og kjøre og kysten er vill og vakker. Vi stoppet ofte og tok masse bilder. Da vi ankom Big Sur stoppet vi og tok formiddagskaffen på en kafe som het Nepenthe....

Jul 3, 2012 - Preparing to Depart

Tomorrow my friend Basilio and I begin a trip to Peru. For me, the primary objective is to visit Machu Picchu, the famed Inca city. It has been on my list of five for years and I am excited about the trip. I didn't extactly get the best flight schedule. That's what you get when you wait until late in the year to book for a summer trip. It is winter in Peru, so that may put a few people off. I was able to get tickets (on miles of course) but it's a bit of a milk run: 4 flights and 2 overnights on the way down, 4 flights and one overnight on...

Jun 30, 2012 - Day 2 LA

Day Two started with a trip to world famous Randy's donuts (from Iron Men 2 among others). Then off to Marina Del Rey to kayak. The marina where we rented from was called Fisherman's Village! It was great! We raced and saw seals and looked at ugly pooped on boats and some really nice ones. After, we saw a sea lion on the deck and snuck up on it-he roared! Zach, Dick and I were so scared and turned on our heels and ran-Garrett was up above laughing at us. We came back and changed out of wet clothes and headed back downtown for a StarLine...

Jun 29, 2012 - Day 1 LA

Heber drove us to the airport -leaving home at 6:30 to get to BWI- no traffic, easy trip through security, easy flight. Got to LA early-before noon LA time and got a free up grade to a Chevy Traverse- our vehicle til we get our RV on Saturday. We headed straight downtown to Grauman's Chinese Theater and Walk of Fame Stars. We took the tour of the theater with lots of neat trivia, hunted stars and footprints etc. Took in some frozen yogurt and walked down to Runyon Canyon Park, nestled at the end of Fuller Ave off of Hollywood BLVD- a...