We get into San Francisco on the Wednesday after Christmas, 28th December. We spend five days as the guests of Gerard and Nathalie Brossard in Menlo Park, a posh suburb about half way betweenn San Francisco and San Jose at the western end of the Dumbarton Bridge. Gerard is an early retired IT whiz and Nathalie a much travelled consultant who has spent a great deal of time in Africa.
Having got over the New Year celebrations we pick up our convertible 5litre Mustang from San Francisco airport and off we go!!! Given they don’t see a great deal of Will and Marion we are being joined on the first few days of the Road Trip by Gerard, Nathalie, Will and Marion in their own car. Nathalie has kindly booked all the accomodation down to Palm Springs, so i don’t entirely know what we have let ourselves in for…..
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Here’s the itinerary:
Day One: We head off along the Pacific Highway past Monterey to Moro Bay. We are planning to stop off at Hearst Castle on the way…..
Day Two: Onward to Santa Barbara for a two night stay…..
Day Four: Further south now, down to Palm Springs for a three night sojourn….
After our few days in Palm Springs, we part company with Will and the Brossards who all head back to San Francisco for Will and Marion to catch their long flight back to London on Tuesday 10th January.
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Day Seven: Margie and I resume our Road Trip down the Pacific Coast Highway to the Mexican Border to spend a couple of days in San Diego: Neither of us has been this far south before in the US!
Day Nine: Time to head north east into the REAL American West as we reach the old Route 66 at Kingman…
Day Ten: On to the Grand Canyon for a two night stay! Pretty chilly up there we hear…. long johns weather!
Day Twelve: Back down to Route 66, heading west now towards Las Vegas for a two night stay. Highlight: we have tickets for Bat Out of Hell The Musical!
Day Fourteen: Death Valley! Not taking my hiking boots this trip, but i am sure we will manage a stroll in this icon of the American West….
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Day Fifteen: We have a night in Paso Robles in the heart of the Californian Wine Country… gotta check that out!!!
Day Sixteen: After about 2,500 miles we roll back into San Francisco for three nights doing the tourist thing right in the heart of the City. Last time Margie and i were in San Francisco we had with us six month old daughter Elizabeth….. HOW long ago???
We have then treated ourselves to a Business Class flight for the long overnight stretch back to Heathrow…..
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