After surviving the night under the stars at the Big Sur, we headed to Santa Barbara for a few nights. -Drove through - San Louis Bispo - Small town, has an alley full of bubble gum stuck to the wall, so I had to stick mine there too nice! -Stayed in Pismo for one night - Cool beach, wide long stretch of beach, with big trucks, rvs going up and down it, sand dunes! - Drove throough Solvang - Mock dutch town with windmills; strange in the middle of California. ...

Sat 28.08.09 - Day 6 - THE BIG SUR This has to be the best part of the road trip so far! We drove from Montary, through to Carmel (17 mile drive). Wow the most amazing views to the right, and to the left immaculate gold courses used by the rich and famous, with huge houses surrounding them. The golf courses had wild dear roaming free. We then hit the BIG SUR! Jaw dropping views of the ocean. In our convertible our car caressed the winding narrow mountainou...

Friday 28.08.09 Montary Picked up our hire car today, Mitzsubishi convertible, bright red sporty number; atleast we can do our road trip in style!!! Automatic, I just got to remember to drive on the LEFT, no I mean RIGHT! I have already got in the wrong side and sat down and tried to start the car in the passenger sit! CALIFORNIA good help you with me on the road! Montary - Nice small sea side town, stayed in Old English County Hotel; very nice, my uncle u...

SANFRANCISO !!!! Tuesday 25.08.09 Meet up with my cousin Robert and his wife Serena in San Jose for lunch; good to catch up and see them. They are both doing a lot of fund raising for charity through their gym work; very proud! Robert got us tickets to a BASEBALL GAME in SAN FRANCISO 'San Franciso GIANTS vs Arizona DIAMOND BACKERS' Great stadium set over the ocean, incredible atmosphere, over 30,000 fans! We didn't understand the rules, there was a lot ...