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MeznG. In the air, on the road, river or sea again
We packed up this morning and said farewell to Las Vegas and our Oasis in the desert. Tonight we will be at Huntington Beach in California. It's our last night with Harvey so the beach seems like a nice way to finish. It's great being back on the road after our little rest in Vegas. We head south out of Las Vegas to hook up to Route 66 again at Barstow to complete the journey. Just before Barstow we come across a 1950's diner in the middle of nowhere called Peggy Sues. We are transported once again into the time warp. The original diner from 1937 consisted of 9 stools at the counter and 3 booths. Today it is more than 5 times that size but the walls are covered in movie memorabilia. Peggy Sue worked in the movie industry hence the great collection. There is a fabulous souvenir shop attached that sold so much stuff. We spent ages just looking around and then decided to have lunch in the diner. Once again the service was so fast, the staff so friendly and food was good. We have certainly had no issue with the food at the places we have stopped. We have been very satisfied all the way. Onward now to Huntington Beach. The Californian sprawl starts way out in the desert and we drive past some really run down places and then some really affluent suburbs. We reach our destination, you can straight away smell the sea. It's cooler but still very pleasant at about 4.30pm when we pull into the RV Park. It's only a stones throw from the beach, a bit residential and maybe a bit dodgy but will do for our last night. As soon as we are hooked up, sneakers are on and we head for the beach to walk to the pier. It's a beautiful time of day. Fairly quiet where we are but as we get closer to the pier there are heaps more people, surfers, a film crew shooting scenes for something possibly a Korean show. In Australia we have jetty's, here they have piers with shops and toilets and at the very end is Ruby's Diner. We go into the diner, just because we are there and have a drink. As it gets to 6pm it gets quite busy so it's obviously a popular place to eat out. We walk back down the pier watching the sunset and the surfers and still a lot of people on the beach. We stroll up the street looking in the shops , its such a relaxed atmosphere. It's now after 7 so we go to Sparks for just a light dinner. We have corn chowder, flat bread and calamari. Liz is hanging out to have tomato on crackers when we get back to the RV. It's dark now but not cold. We could walk back but decide to take a cab. Well this adds to our adventures as our cab driver as the music blaring albeit our era of songs and just to add a bit more interest he is a bit of a character. His voice is very raspy so he is hard to hear over the music. He has a few wisecracks about our accent suggesting that English is our second language. He tells a couple of stories relating to his time in the marines during the Vietnam war, he drives like a maniac but we get back safely now we just need to get back to Harvey safely and its a relief to see that he has not been violated. Liz has a bite to eat, we have a cuppa, look at some photos, start some sorting and packing . It's our last night in Harvey. It's bittersweet. We have had a fantastic holiday and while its sad that its over it is time to come home and see our babies and grand babies and family and friends. Goodnight Harvey xx
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