Top 5 USA Road Trip Highlights
Mr Fletche and I have been lucky to do two different US road trips over the last 6 years – this got me thinking about some of my favourite memories…
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USA Travel Diaries: “Star” Spotting in Los Angeles
It’s our final full day in the US, and the final leg of our journey – Cambria to Los Angeles. We pack the Fletchemobile once more and set off at 9:30am after grabbing a light breakfast from the hotel office. We decide to fill up at the gas station that we passed driving to Main…
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USA Sept 2010 – Big Sur: The most amazing coastal drive!
The alarm tolls at 8am – a veritable lie-in this morning – and after grabbing a quick pastry for breakfast, we’re all checked out and ready to leave Monterey behind. As we return to Route 1, it is clear how foggy it is today and we can barely see the ocean. However this leads to…
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USA Road Trip: Whale-watching in Monterey
“The ocean is rough – very rough – and it’s not long before the first passenger is hanging over the back of the boat, expelling anything they may have eaten for breakfast. Once one person starts – that’s it…there’s a queue of people vomiting”
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USA Travel Diaries: From San Francisco to Monterey
We’re only almost ready to leave San Francisco behind; there are still two things that we have to do. We pack everything into the Fletchemobile – raring to go after a 2 day rest – and check out of the Hotel Del Sol at 8:30am. First thing: Driving down Lombard Street – the crooked bit. At…
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San Francisco Travel Diaries: Golden Gate Park and Alcatraz
It’s our second and final day in San Francisco. It’s time to tick Golden Gate Park, Haight Ashbury and Alcatraz off the sightseeing list. Welcome to the second part of our San Francisco Travel Diaries
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USA Sept 2010 – Walking, big hills, more walking…. Discovering San Francisco
It’s Saturday morning, it’s 8:30am, it’s time to discover San Francisco! Of all the places visited on this road trip, it was deciding on an “itinerary” for our two full days in San Francisco which gave me the biggest headache. The city has so many iconic “must-sees” that it became something of a nightmare putting…
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Driving Yosemite to San Francisco: A USA Road Trip
It’s time to leave the National Park behind and head from Yosemite to San Francisco. No more mountains, trees and meadows – it’s all freeway and skyscrapers
