Wake up early and look across the pantiled roof half covered by an huge Eriobotriya (loquat tree) of the sort I can only get to grow to five feet tall in Suffolk. We chatted and coffee’d and then, realising we had another long drive we said our goodbyes and hit the road….again. This time we […]
Tired today but hear from Barney that he has the children with him and we can Skype them before their bedtime. This cheers us both up but quickly I become moody and grumpy taking ages to do what I normally do easily and quickly. Possibly my mood is about coming to end of tour so […]
To Los Angeles in a cloudy sky and with a lot of traffic going both ways – even though this is a Sunday. I guess those malls do their main trade then, so it is a slow stop -starting sort of drive, to find the HIX we booked had no pool and not much else. […]
Up at 6 am again for the drive to San Diego. Desert and cacti and mountains but gradually as we left Tucson the temperature dropped and we arrived in San Diego in a modest 71 degrees heat. We drove straight to the sea and had lunch in a sea-food restaurant right on the beach. It […]
Actually managed to get up and out by seven am with a paper cup full of strong coffee. We had to go all the way back to Kingman, past the Hoover dam and then through endless stretches of desert with just tall green cacti to break up the skyline – particularly around Phoenix. Got to […]
GIG today – will be surprised if there is an audience here, although there is obviously a sense of humour. Neil thought I should see the Strip properly so we got a taxi to it and I found myself sitting two floors up in an area called Venetia, by a canal with gondoliers and gondoliers […]
To Las Vegas – which Neil tells me I have to see before I die. A long ride with a few hot sorties from the car for water etc – the temperatures climbing into the 90s, which is difficult for us Brits more used to the lower 50s. Again the scenery before and around the […]
Last day of May and we are going to get to Williams via the grand Canyon, which is a bit like saying you are going to New York via Canada or Suffolk via Scotland. Thought maybe it wasn’t a good idea to spend the last day off with another long drive but couldn’t get this […]
Woke up luxuriously on soft white sheets with red purple and blue woven covers and cushions. Outside the sun was rising above the butte throwing the trees into shadow. We lit the gas fire which sent a warm glow through the room. Had long lazy showers, sorted our confused suitcases and stepped out for breakfast. […]
Was windy yesterday, as in ‘could hardly open car door to get out’ type of windy, but today was worse, even at 6 am as I struggled out of the hotel to photograph some trains. The sun was rising and the trees were almost at right angles and I knew today was going to be […]
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