Long Beach, California appears to be a very much a “blue collar’ town. What we can see of the port is full of working ship derricks and some gas and oil shipping facilities. It reminds me very much of Tacoma’s no nonsense port. Motels, even here, are very expensive along the coast, but we were…
Ontario, California (near Rancho Cucamonga) is about 5 hours drive from Kingman, Arizona. We arrived in late afternoon and are snuggled up in a mid-level motel for the night. We streaked through from Kingman into California, stocked up on gas and beverages just southeast of the Mojave Desert (yes, I have an unreasonable fear of…
Okay, I got up late, “I confess, Officer.” Steve partook of the free brunch and I slept in, took my time showering, etc., and dragged Steve to Denny’s for a parting root beer and breakfast after check out. This was the first (possibly the last) nice motel that we’ve stayed at. You can see our…
By Friday morning, I was desperate for my beloved Barq’s Root Beer. California has let me down on the root beer front on several occasions and, so far, I have only found it at the odd Subway restaurant and at Denny’s. So, we started today at Denny’s and, oddly enough ended it at a Denny’s farther down…
After meandering along the Pacific Coast Highway from Newport down to San Francisco, the sheen has definitely dulled for the “road trip”, although it is proving to be an invaluable learning experience. It has been frustrating to deal with a broken and slashed toe because how long can one be satisfied with watching the beach,…
Tomorrow, we leave after breakfast with the cousins and head for San Jose and Los Gatos. Hopefully, we will be able to make it to Santa Barbara by the end of the day. But, I really want to mouse around in Los Gatos and take a look at Monterey, Morro Bay and maybe a little…
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