Actually we have arrived in Bishop, California after driving all day through Death Valley but more about that later.You can't read about about our brush with 'Death' Valley before hearing all the details of how we got here.The last entry was from Lake Havasu with Spring Breakers gone amok! (So glad my daughters are all grown up!!) Back to the story.... Lake Havasu and the nearby canyon wilderness area would be a wonderful place to spend some time. ...

No congregating by the washrooms by order of Department of Homeland Security. Huh?Big Brother asks you kindly to refrain from having a life on board the plane. In fact, if you really have to visit the WC and other people have the same urge…. You may be asked to take your seat. Homeland security states that you must not congregate anywhere on the plane….even outside the washrooms. Before boarding the plane we had a full body search and a not so priva...

Sitting here at LAX waiting to continue our ‘road’ trip to Fiji. Thought I was finished with blog entries for the USA for a couple of weeks but I just couldn’t leave the last two days out!My previous entry was written before breakfast at our B&B in Santa Barbara. Shane and |I entertained the other guests with tales of our African misadventures. After breakfast we headed down the coast road again towards LA.The beaches are more crowded on this st...

Leaving Napa was bitter sweet. We knew we were heading towards the more populated (read polluted) part of California but it must be done.Beautiful sunny day yet again as we headed white knuckled past San Francisco en route to the ocean once again. We decided to leave San Fran for another time. I'd love to hop on a plane from Kelowna with friends and jjust enjoh the cit as an excursion on it's own.Got a glimpse of the Golden Gate bridge between all the ...

Leaving Gualala on a sunny Saturday morning with the coastal mist embracing the coastline was a awesome way to begin our day. This part of California is not what we expected. The closer we got to San Francisco the more cattle ranches we went through. It just seems so rural. The peace really got to us which in no way prepared us for the onslought of the Napa Valley on a sunny February weekend. Arghhhhh!!!   We arrived in Napa just before noon.... found tour...