We headed off from LA towards Flagstaff and as we had a little spare time we decided to try and follow, as much as possible, the old Route 66. Unfortunately California has done very little to maintain the historical integrity of Route 66, but once across the state lines into Arizona, it was a different story. Arizona have obviously spent a lot more money towards keeping the history intact as it is still, for some, a great tourist journey. We decided to take the ...

Nowhere but LA, specifically the famous Venice Beach, CA. would one find a $40 medical certificate for permission to smoke marijuana on medical grounds. A little bit disappointing after what you see in the movies, but once the crowds arrived it looked pretty good. Check out all Bec' s photos in the Venice Beach album.

We had a great day exploring San Franciso and ended the evening with a trip to Santa Moniac Pier. The Ferris Wheel at Santa Monica Pier just kept changing colours and patterns the whole time. The pier was actually freezing with the wind howling off the Pacific Ocean at 9:00pm. Time to head off to the hotel and bed for a good night's sleep. Tomorrow was the begining of our journey across the USA. Night Night.

Finally after a long 13h 40m flight we landed in Los Angeles. Too tired to think straight we collected our car from Thrifty and started to just make our way around LA. Them Garmin GPS's that thrifty use have troublesome touch screens, so after fighting with that and realising my fingers were too large to use it, the navigator, (Sue) took control. Her nimble fingers had the GPS working overtime in moments. First stop was the vist to UCLA to meet with the diving co...

Flight delayed due to fog. Departing 1h 20m late. From this picture we might determine that the girls are half smiling and half frowning I think, so close but still yet so far. Once we're on the plane it will feel like we are really headed to the States.