[tcb] Re: West Coast Trip
- From: Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:10:33 -0500
Sound like Ronnie is on the "Trip of a Lifetime".
On Oct 3, 2006, at 10:29 PM, Ronnie Hughes wrote:
Well gang,
So far so good on the west coast tour.
I'm sitting in my hotel room in San Francisco answering a few e-
mails and taking it easy. My son, Alex, and his buddy, Drew are
downtown somewhere. I left them a few hours ago at Tower Records
after eating some very good Chinese food down in China town. I
gave them a $20 for a cab and a business card from the hotel in
case they can't find their way home.
I guess you covered all the bases, gonna be hard to stay out all
night now.
Man a real shower was nice.
Picked up Alex and Drew last Friday in Dallas at about 4:00 PM.
Met Alex's new friend Lanni, who has a nice assortment of "big"
tatoos and three pierced things sticking out of her lip.
She would be right at home in S.F.!
Anyway the dad in me just popped out there for a second.
We drove all of Friday night and stopped west of Albuquerque and
slept at a rest stop for a few hours. Got back on the road after
some breakfast.
We made it to LA about 10:30 Saturday night, drove around and ended
up in Malibu. We stayed Saturday night at the nicest RV park I've
ever seen - the most expensive too, but what a view! Had Ramen
noodles for dinner.
Like Dan and Katrina reported from their San Diego trip, Bays and
Vanagons are everywhere. At the campground there was a nice 78
bay. On my way to get some milk Sunday AM I noticed they had a
nice water pipe (hooka) sitting on the picnic table next to their
bus. On my way back from the store, two of LA's finest were parked
in front of the van. No handcuffs, but lots of discussing going on.
ALWAYS KEEP THE BONG IN THE BUS AT NIGHT!
Sunday AM after some eggs and sausage we were off again to Los
Osos, home of GoWesty. What a beautiful drive up the PCH Hwy 1.
Arrived at Morro Bay about sundown and saw the most spectacular
sunset I've ever seen.
That has to be one of the most beautiful drives in the world.
Los Osos may be named after a bear, but they have the biggest
raccoons I've ever seen. Came right up to our campsite and ate
some dog food somebody had left the night before.
Monday dropped off the van at GoWesty to have some work done and
moved the camping gear to a loaner van. We made our way up the
coast on PCH 1 stopping whenever the urge hit us.
A loaner van? What do they loan you to use from GoWesty? Did a
salesman "loan" it to you, I can't imagine they have one as nice as
yours to loan out. Syncro??...
Monday night we stayed on the beach at New Brighton. More
Raccoons, sky was clear so sunset wasn't as nice as the night before.
We got up this AM and drove the rest of the way to SF. Walked back
and forth across the Golden Gate Bridge. Checked out Fishermen's
Wharf. Tried to get a hotel, but $300 for a room is a little high
for me. Found a cheap hotel about 6 blocks off the wharf and
that's where I am now.
I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge once, is there anything on the
other side these days? When I did it the side walk just ended.
We start back tracking tomorrow, down the 101 to Los Osos. We will
pick up our van sometime in the afternoon and will start heading
east. We will camp somewhere on the way to the Grand Canyon. We
are planning to stay at the Grand Canyon on the south ridge
Thursday night, then on to Alburquerque for the Buses and Balloons
Friday night. After the dawn ascent Saturday AM we are headed back
to Big D.
1,836 miles from Houston to Los Osos. Saw gas prices from $1.99 in
Childress, Texas to $3.05 in LA. Good times had by all.
By the way, XM Radio is worth $10/month when you are cruising.
Whatever........
I'll post some pictures when I get back to Houston.
See you at T@TP.
Ronnie
Dan & Katrina Martin
1971 VW Bus
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