Monday we spent the day at Universal studios, which was a great day away from the filthy streets of Hollywood. I guess you get the point by now that the place is a dive. Freaks, psychos and homeless everywhere. I just can't get my head around Porches, Mercs and Lamborghini s driving past all these homeless....And I mean filthy homeless it's like nothing I've experienced. But Universal was great fun. Then the Tuesday we did Warner Brothers studio VIP tour. We got...

Yesterday we did a tour around Hollywood, Venice beach, Santa Monica pier and Beverley hills. The tour guide showed us Homes of Madonna, Jennifer Aniston, the house where michael jackson died, Lucille Ball and Cary Grant and many others but its all a blur. When I say homes it should read gates because that's all you see, we've got photos of about twenty gates!! Venice beach was a dive and pretty grotty. Jaydene made eye contact with a John Wayne Gacey serial kil...

We spent four days in Anaheim, three of which were 'hopping' between Disneyland and California Adventure Park. The rides were great fun. The homeless and unstable are in stark contrast to the perfect world of Disney. Pa once told me that it was an open air asylum which would explain the woman who told me 'the good lord has given her permission to kill'. We left Anaheim this morning for Hollywood. When I mentioned our plans in passing to people, by the fifth p...

Arrived in Anaheim yesterday afternoon which is a welcome relief from Vegas. Am suddenly feeling exhausted! Spent today at Disneyland. The rides and 'worlds' are great. Real attention to detail makes everything feel so authentic. Such a magical place for little kids. There seems to be a huge number of people but wait times for rides aren't excessive. The weather is unexpectedly cool. We seem to be going from one extreme to another and back again. Tomorrow off t...

Early start up at 4:15am for the Grand Canyon stopping at Hoover dam on the way. I think it was about a three hour drive the final part being over a dirt road through the Arizona desert. The landscape is amazing very baron but scattered with Joshua trees most of which are over 500 years old. We did the skywalk which was amazing and a little nerve racking but I am glad I did it. You are not allowed to take cameras out there they say it is to protect the skywalk s...