We have spent the last couple of weeks in LA getting things sorted for our big trip around America.
Marty got straight to work on the BMW's gearbox while I enjoyed a trip to Sea World in San Diego. Here is one of the rides there. I didn't go on it as my companion Betty is still recovering from all the rides we went on four years earlier at Universal Studios. As she is nearly 80 I think she can be excused for not wanting to get soaked. We had a great day out anyway.
With the gearbox fixed Marty set out to visit an AJ/Matchy man but became a little lost and never found him. He did however travel most of the immediated freeways in and around the LA area and cover 200 odd miles in the process. Proof that he does still need me as a navigator.
Marty got straight to work on the BMW's gearbox while I enjoyed a trip to Sea World in San Diego. Here is one of the rides there. I didn't go on it as my companion Betty is still recovering from all the rides we went on four years earlier at Universal Studios. As she is nearly 80 I think she can be excused for not wanting to get soaked. We had a great day out anyway.
With the gearbox fixed Marty set out to visit an AJ/Matchy man but became a little lost and never found him. He did however travel most of the immediated freeways in and around the LA area and cover 200 odd miles in the process. Proof that he does still need me as a navigator.
We flew up to Montery on Friday, stayed overnight with Rachelle, (my sister) and picked up the camper on Saturday morning. We are more than happy with it - and I guess we will get use to the sound of gas and $'s being sucked up.
It was a 9hr drive back down to LA. I found it a bit nerve racking on the freeway, sitting in the passenger seat (drivers if I was home) and no steering wheel. But my driver wasn't too bad and apart from being reversed into, (the van that is, not me) in the first gas station we stopped in we made it back ok.
Yesterday we drove to Pendleton Military base to pick up a bike trailer. It is just north of San Diego, right on the beach. It covers about 200 thousand acres and over 100 thousand live there. Makes Katikati look very small. The couple we bought the bike off have invited us to visit when they move to Lake Tahoe in Northern California early next month and promised us some good motorcycling with them if we do.
While getting the lights working on the trailer Marty has found a new problem with the brake master cylinder so is now trying to find somewhere where we can get the necessary part. I think we need an American/English dictionary as so many things have different names here. My german/english dictionary is not much help!
That's it for now
