Had our standard camping breakfast of banana pancakes with IHOP maple syrup. With a side of avocado on pre-toasted bread. I originally laughed at how lazy you must be to buy pre-toasted bread......but it's the best thing when you are camping! You can find it at good old trusty Walmart. Had a play like massive big kids on the jumping pillows which was super fun, but also highlighted that our fitness levels were well below par. But we can work on that when w...

Returned to Venice Beach in better spirits than our first hungover attempt. Found a car park right by the beach that was half the price being a weekday. Entered the broad walk right by muscle beach, which is an outdoor gym right by the beach. There weren't as many steroided blokes as I expected, but still a few pumping iron. Took a photo from far away, as I would hate anyone taking a picture of me whilst at the gym.....but then I wouldn't work out in public eithe...

Slept in a bit and decided we would be big kids for the day and visit Disneyland. Didn't hit the road till 11ish and weren't anticipating the traffic & congestion in the suburb of Disney which is a town in itself. We were expecting it to be like Dreamworld on the Gold Coast were you park out front, buy tickets and enter. But it was full on and there were Police directing traffic to available parking which took close to 45 minutes from our arrival to enter a c...

Backtracked from Carlsbad to Encinitas along the coast. Sam drove and had spontaneous outbursts of yelling the models and years of old American cars. He also frantically demanded that I take pictures of them all, which was impossible whilst recovering from mild heart attacks and sitting in the passenger seat. Found a cafe for breakfast called Potato Shack and sat out the front in the sun. Sam was presented with the biggest pancake we have ever seen, I had to w...

Headed to Little Italy searching for restrooms….story of my life, couldn't find a public toilet anywhere. Decide to find the best looking joint for coffee......so I can use their restroom. Thankfully find a coffee shop with an actual coffee machine and a proper barista. Two amazing caramel lattes later we are in heaven. Went for a stroll through the gas lamp area of town which I can imagine would be buzzing on the weekend or in the evening. But we had t...