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We're here!

Made it after 75 songs and 3 rest area stops. We made it. Check in hostel and roam!

Roadtrip to sf

Rolling with janet, ron q, and ed

Joshua tree

Good morning everyone. Looks like the end is near but we got one more day. So rise and shine and we're off!! Quick breakfast at park rock cafe which is a cool little cafe. Fresh quiche and bagel sandwiches are good. Cool thing they have are lunch boxes...the couple that run it are funny....umm they remind me of a mafi ...

top of joshua

The top ias just amazing! You can really see everything down there and the fault line. Haa lady yelling next to me and you can hear her echo from far away..

Home

Made it home...no place like home

Cabazon

Ok whats a road trip without shopping right? So quick stop at cabazon then we off....

Indoor swapmeet

Yea we thought we would see cool stuff but it was dead. Half the stalls we closed. But got to say awesome good. We tried fry bread and sould food. The fry bread was interesting but the fried chicken was good. Real south tatse. Yumm wish they had it at home

City of joshua tree

Just got here..another night drive through a national forrest. This time saw lighting from afar. Totally different watching lighting strike in total darkness.

Sedona

well its for hiking...wow and i got to say waht an amazing view! Just being up there looning down at the valley. Just seems like we're flying!

Phoenix

Just made it. Not bad of a drive. Just pure darkness.. so time to sleep. Our plans so dar is either rensistance fair or swap meet. Haaa night everyone

Vortex

Supposdly spiritial engery flows through here. Folk tale says thry can see a purple hue in the mountains. Trees are twisted about these parts...feel the energy

Off we go

So we stayed an extra night in vegas and just driving through flagstaff. Its snowing so nothing to do there. We are off to sedona...long roads ahead of us. Quick shopping before we leave..oh wait meeting a friend for lunch

Sedona

Just made it to sedona. Ok i'll be honest the vegas room stunck. Lucky for us we bought fabreeze at walmart. At first it was a joke but it was a life saver. So in sedona first thing we noticed was the smell of cleaniness. Haa well off to bed and tomorrow hiking we go..vortex here we come.

Food

Whats a trip without a stop at dennys. Interesting that i didnt know threre is a huge hunting community here

Hoover dam

Wow from nature built to man made....just incrdible. Bad news...got a flat! Haa well no worries we found a big o tires. Cost for new tire 100 bucks! But all good its worth it. Garth really cool guy helped us and hooked us up. Well i guess we short a 100 for gambling but its all good. Maybe i'll go try and win it back. ...

Great night!

Wow what an amzing show!! I havent seen a sow like that before but pure inspiration! Just beautiful all around.. it makes me want to run out there and do something! Haa draw bunch of stick figures i guess. Haaa oh also tried this computer roulette game and won! Beginners luck i think but woo hoo i'm up..

Art

Just saw a piece at the venetian which was incrdible! I never really considered buying a piece at that price. its a great peice by an unknown artist. Now thinking...great piece should i? Sorry guys no picture

Csi grad

Just completed the csi training! Haaa it was an interesting game where you look at the crime scene and look for clues. It was fun but a one time thing...cool thing you get a diploma.

Winner

Hey I found a game where you can't loose. Each game cost a buck and you win a bunch of clean clothes.  You can't beat that!! Doing laundry in Vegas. Check that off my list if things to do in Vegas.

Vegas buffet

Argh curse vegas buffets. Now i know why they have buffets. You stuff yourself so you cant walk then your forced to gamble. Good news got tickets to ka. Woo hoo!

Jackalope?

So all day viv was trying to cconvince me that a jackolope exist. if you guys dont know what a jackolope is..its a combo of jack rabbit and antalope. So i kept saying its was imaginary and she said no. Haaa finally she looked it up and read it was a made up creature. Now i wonder... is there a big foot?

Building more?

This one is a bit late guys but it was pretty much a nonstop eventful night. After eating at lotus of siam we decided to walk around a bit. It looks like their building a new casino on the strip. Weird how its already full of casinos yet they still somehow find room to build more. I wonder in the near future would thi ...

Lotus of siam

If you guys like thai food and dont mind a hole in the wall. Then i got to say lotus of siam is a great place. Big bonus the servers are actually provide customer service with friendly atitude.

Death valley

Hi everyone... so keeping up so far? Well today was a tour of death valley. At first i wasnt too sure if there would be anything here. But i've got to say i am amazed! Just incredible sights and great stories. Did you know there is a castle? Yea and even got to experience the wildlife..pack of coyetoes came down to dr ...

Vegas!

So here we are in vegas...not bad deal. 25 buck rooms in tuscany casino. So driving down here was quite interesting. After 3 days of pure darkness...the light was from the moon and stars is now an array of lights from everywhere. As we drove in from the back way...you can see a reddish glow from behind the mountain. At ...

Walmart

hey everyone...i'm back in civilation. I had to disappear for a bit due to being in areas where there were no reception. Deep in the yosemite and sequioa mountains. I got some amazing photos and will post it up soon. But we stopped at walmart..looks like its going to be hot in death valley and viv doesnt have and shirt ...

Beatty

Welcome to atomic inn or renamed phoenix inn. Not to sure what to make of this place but its cool. Old decor trying to be modern. So we arrived here about an hour ago. Umm got to say driving through death valley is quite amazing so far. Yes we did get lost but still. As we were driving through the moon was shining brig ...

Bakerfeilds

Whew....smells like farmland.... goodthing we bought fabreeze

Sequioa

Just experience putting on chains...whew stuff is hard. So just icrdible area. We hiked a bit and saw just enourmous trees. They were so huge! Never have i seen trees like these not views! If you guys havent shoeshoe hiked before then suggest you do. Nothing is like a hike through the forrest when its just you and natu ...

Snow time

So we arrived into yosemite...right away i was amazed! Just incredible sights.

Yosimete here we come

Trying to put on snow cables...not as easy as i thought

Morning

Good morning

Wilderness best western

Whoa so far one of the most interesting places we're staying at. Really feels outdoor mountain traveler. Haa. So this is the bottom of yosemite betweem yosemite and sequioa. its too dark but looks like the got some mountain type art... logs cut up in sculptures. More tomorrow

Yosemite

Quick glance

Yosemite

So we got here later than hoped. Took a long time to try on the chains...took me about an hour. Haa socal boy putting on chains...man they did not have snow chains in my dictionary. So we did a short hike to mirror lake. It was cool to walk through the forrest and judt see some amazing sites. So we got there and took s ...

Snow tires

Never had to hope never have too

Natural bridge

Did some hiking today. Saw some great tide pools...we found a washed out bridge that we couldnt jump across. So we back tracked. Eventually we found the beach....now we wait for the sunset

Santa cruz

Just made it...

17 mile drive pebble beach

Hey guys here is few photos of pebble beach. I thought it was a park but its actually a residential place with a golf course. Haa you got to pay the place to drive through? Didnt know you coukd do that.... would LA do that? Pay or get mugged.....

Spanish bay

The waves crashing sounds like rocks rumbling.

Santa cruz boardwalk

So we decided just to tour around the boardwalk. Its completly dead! It seemed as if it was a dying hangout place. A few people here and there but dead. We walked a bit to see the history of the place. Interesting that they had little facts here and there. Feaky clown was at the window...it was called laughing sal. I g ...

To add about taco

So more about taco morenos... man stuff is great! Thanks donna for recommendation. This hole in the wall...really hole in the wall...has a counter and a few tables. Drinks served from a fridge.. cashier is quick order and get out of the way. No service friendly smile but hey. You order fro. A simple menu. Place is rea ...

Tacos moreno

Man...having a carnitas burrito...you guys would be jealous at home with this one. Stuff is great...maybe better than mocasalsa...maybe...

Santa cruz night

So just found that afi is playing here...might just go.

Santa cruz night

So just found that afi is playing here...might just go.

Santa cruz night

So just found that afi is playing here...might just go.

Santa cruz night

So just found that afi is playing here...might just go.

Monterey

Hey all taking a break from walking around. We jsut went through the aquarium and cannery row. First off.. the aquarium is truely breath taking. So much to admire and be of aww of. Just looking at all the wildlife makes me want to help the enviroment. We also ate at paradiso which was fantastic food. We had rock fish t ...

Butterfly sanctuary

So not what i imagined. But they say its a bad year. Reported that the butterflies are dwindling. People keep green please..save our earth

Dinner time

Bringing it to the old days... eat out? Haaa eating in we got noodles and hot water. Well the old days were really corn beef, vienna sausage, or sardines.. haaa this will do. But upgrade from cup o noodles these come with a fork!

Ragged point

Quick rr stop. Stopped at this little hotel place right next to the cliffs. This is what you see when you look out your window.

Elephant seal

We stopped by to check out the elephant seals. In one spot we sneaked over the fence. We got up and personnal with one. As i was about to turn around to ask viv to take my pic. She was gone and back next to our car. I was alone with a huge elephant seal... yea i didnt stay long.

Camera

Michelle imagine carrying that around

The buzz

Awesome place..the place got packed! There was a line outside the door. 2 for 1..not bad... great hours.. only 7 to 2.. wow they have to get up early

hostel obispo

So this is where we stayed. Nice little place. Interesting place to stay at. Really family like and not a business. When we walked in a great smell of porkloin was cooking. They asked us to join but we ate already ate. At night you can hear people chatting and laughing. There is something wonderful about hostels. Not l ...

Sorry

Hey guys sorry with a series of malfunction of my phone..not getting service on some parts along the coast and trying to upload a video for you guys. This is late but i have to say it great to know how friendly people are. Plenty of times we be walking and people are just asking if we would like them to take our pictu ...

Monterey

Made it and had dinner. We ate at fishermans wharf which i have to say..amzing clam chowder. Even the fish and chips was amzing... guys check out fishermans grotto. We even had bluberry bread pudding with side of ice cream. Damn it was good!! Funny tho as you walk down the pier all the restuarants had out clam chower t ...

The adventure begins

First setting out after picking up car. We hit traffic right away. La traffic... as much as you try to miss it it always hits you. So we ended up having breakfast at water lily cafe in topanga canyon.  Who says men can't have quiche?

The journey begins.... we're off. Packed and just picked up the car. First stop San Luis Obispo...

Pit stop

So we're at the hostel... its a nice little hostel. Looks like a bed and breakfast spot.  We walked around a bit. Quiet and chill but lots of college students. We ate dinner at pizza solo. Really good pizza. Baked and crust was crispy great food if you guys come to slo. You got to try it.  It was a great day... saw so ...

Bubblegum alley

Wall covered with gum....

Guided by our trusting smart phones, which how I'm going to update everyone with my where abouts, and our out dated guide books. We set on the road to Santa Cruz, Yosemite, Sequoia, Death Valley, Las Vegas, Flagstaff, Sedona, Phoenix, Joshua Tree then back to Los Angeles. I didn't mention all the other stops we plan to make. Vivien and I are planning on traveling for two weeks. If you guys hear of anything interesting or you'll be our area, please let us know. We'll be updating this constantly. Thanks for visiting and see you on the road.....