Today I learned that you should follow baseball if you want to get a room in Arizona. It was late, and I had been driving for six hours. Keeping me going for the last 150 miles had been the promise of a hot shower and a warm bed in Wickenburg, Arizona. I had made a […]
Read more "Life Lesson #8 – No Room at the Inn"We left San Diego just after 4:00 (about three hours later than planned). The Californian mountains looked like enormous piles of boulders as we drove east for six hours, most of the way parallel with the Mexican border. To pass the time as we drive, Paul is reading aloud the classic American road trip novel, On […]
Read more "On the Road"After we got back from Mexico, we headed to a place that felt like its polar opposite. The Hotel del Coronado is ridiculously opulent and has become part of American History for three really cool reasons [putting my trivia hat on]: Not only did L. Frank Baum say it was his inspiration for The Emerald […]
Read more "The Emerald City"San Diego Zoo today. We made the mistake of starting our day with the snakes, spiders and scorpions… I spent the rest of the morning jumping every time something touched me! Not so clever. They have a baby hippo, and its mum was pushing it around the water in a way that reminded me of the […]
Read more "Hippos and Pandas and Bears, Oh My!"After checking out from our drab Hollywood motel this morning, we headed to the Annenberg Space for Photography. They had an exhibition on called Extreme Exposure which was incredible! It focuses on photographers who risk their lives for the perfect shot. Paul in front of the Annenberg Space for Photography When we left, we drove […]
Read more "The Pacific Coast Highway"I’m completely exhausted. Going to Universal Studios, Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure in one day will do that to you! We got up early to make it to Universal Studios just after opening. We got the rides out of the way first, to beat the queues. On the Jurassic Park ride, Paul’s jeans got soaked […]
Read more "Three-in-One"We were hoping to do the Paramount Studio Tour this morning, but it was booked out so we headed off to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art instead. As you can imagine, Paul was in his element! This cool artwork at the entrance has a whole lot of LA streetlamps placed right next to […]
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