Another delicious breakfast this morning - banana pancakes and vegan patties followed by jack fruit. Then Calvin and Kate went into El Centro (a bigger town not too far from Brawley) to get some more more supplies for our trip. From Walmart, we even got a pressure pump spray which we converted to a shower for our camping spots that have no showering facilities! We bought a US sim for our phone too.  Once we got home in the late afternoon we had yummy chicken...

We had a delicious gourmet porridge as well as cherries for breakfast this morning. Then Calvin and Kate sorted out the campervan - we got the linen ready, put some things in their places and tried to figure out how everything was going to fit. Once we did as much as we could, Calvin and Kate drove the camper to Cabazon - a 1.5 hour drive from Brawley. Cabazon is a huge outlet village literally in the middle of the desert. We stopped for lunch, right next to ...

Calvin's Aunty and Uncle live only about 40km from the Mexican border so of course we had to visit Mexico! Betty made us a delicious vegan breakfast comprising French toast with blueberry compote, oatmeal sausages, cherries and longan. It was sooo yummy and filling! Betty contacted her friend, Santa, who grew up in Mexico and who often goes across the border and she was free today to take us across! We drove to Calexico (the California / Mexico border town o...

We had a scrumptious breakfast of omelettes and potato gems prepared by Aunty Betty. We then piled into their van and drove the 2.5 hours to San Diego for the afternoon. We headed to Seaport Village - a quaint little area with small shops and restaurants on the water. We walked around a little bit and enjoyed the view of the very tall Coronado Bridge. Aunty Betty and Uncle Joseph hadn't been to Coronado before so we decided to explore the peninsula. The drive...

We caught a Lyft (another version of Uber) to Hawthorne - a short drive away and with our signing up to Lyft discount, it only cost us $3! There were no dramas picking up the Jucy camper. In fact we saved $500 on the cost of insurance compared to what we had originally been quoted. We were also really excited to have a GPS thrown in for free! Once we had been shown how the van worked it was time to hit the road. Calvin drove! The free GPS was terrible as it was s...