Showing posts with label Route 66. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Route 66. Show all posts

Monday, 22 January 2018

PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY - Los Angeles to San Francisco

November 3rd. Today we are driving out of Los Angeles and making our way up to San Francisco via the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway. This is one of those roads, like Route 66, that I feel I just have to drive along.

It was around 9 am when we left our hotel in Los Angeles to start the journey hoping to get to San Francisco not too late in the day with the stops we would like to make on the way. The first thing though is to get out of the busy LA city and to the beach. I wanted to see Santa Monica and the Pacific Ocean. I live in England and have only been to places around the Atlantic Ocean. I knew it would look exactly the same but it would give me a feeling. The realisation of where I am in the world. Somewhere I never thought, only hoped, I would get to.
Once we got to the beach we headed north along the coast. We had the windows down, music up, the sun was shining. It was like a dream.



Going through Malibu I just had to hear Miley Cyrus' Malibu song. I am absolutely in love with that song and I don't think there was a better place to hear it. Like I said, it felt like I was in a dream.
The Big Sur was definitely the number 1 stop I wanted to make because for one Bixby Bridge is a gorgeous piece of architecture and also I promised a friend I would take a picture there for him on his birthday and I don't break my promises.
 
 
 

The entire way up to San Francisco the views were incredible. This was something I definitely wouldn't forget. It took my breath away constantly and I'm glad I got to drive an awesome car in the process.

Driving the Pacific Coast Highway was a dream. I don't remember anything else so beautiful. The beach and the ocean is my happy place. If I wasn't certain before, I definitely was now.

Next stop is San Francisco.

Toodles for now.

Monday, 18 September 2017

Top 10 USA places I want to visit



             I created a World Travel Bucket List with the top 11 destinations I want to travel to in my life time. I did choose Hawai'i as my top one but even though it is my favoured destination, it isn't the only place in the United States of America that I want to go to. So without further ado, I am sharing with you my top 10 destinations in the USA alone that I want to visit.

So here goes, my USA Travel Bucket List:

·         Hawaii - Number 1 on my list of course. Hawai'i is by far the place I want to go most in the USA. Beaches, beaches, a little mountain hike and more beaches. Sounds perfect! I keep seeing the image of black sand beaches in Hawai'i which I would love to see but also a little someone known as Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett might have something to do with my love of Hawai'i too.  ;)

·         Route 66 - It is not in just one state, it's in quite a few actually, but it is something in the states I do like the sound of. Maybe not the entire route since it may take some time getting through so just like the Great Wall of China, a small section of it will do fine.

·         Chicago - To most people what I want to see just looks like a chrome baked bean but the iconic Cloud Gate is a must when in Chicago. Maybe a hot dog too, I heard they don't like you putting ketchup on it. Hmm strange.

·         New York City - NYC is one of the places in the world most people have to visit. So far my experience is seeing the Manhattan skyline from inside the JFK airport while waiting for a connecting flight but that isn't close enough. Christmas time is the time I want to go. Visit the Rockefeller Centre with the giant xmas tree and go ice skating in Central Park. Time square with a meal at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. It sounds like a Hallmark Christmas movie to me.

·         Seattle - I am one of the few but growing number of NFL fans in England. I support the Seattle Seahawks and of course I would love to go to an actual Seahawks game at their home field, CenturyLink. But other than the NFL and Seattle I do love a bit of Grey's Anatomy and if you watch it too you'll know that it is set in Seattle. In nearly every episode you see the Space Needle and now of course I just have to go there.

·         Washington D.C. - D.C is probably one of the most iconic places in America with the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. For me Washington D.C. is a must see.

·         North Dakota - I kind of have a little interest in the US Presidents and so Mount Rushmore has always been one of those things I need to see. I'll get there one day.

·         Orlando - I have been to Orlando twice before in my life and I am probably going to go again next year but I can never get enough. There are so many things to do and see that you have to go more than once, or twice, or 3 times in my case.

·         Wilmington, NC - It's not the biggest, most popular destination to go to but back in my teenage years I was obsessed with a little show called One Tree Hill. You may have heard of it. It was a big part of my life, going through the awkward stage and as a true diehard fan I just need to visit the place where it was created. The place where Leyton's love story grew. Yes Leyton fan here, Brucas people go away. No jokes, don't go! The reason I started watching Chicago PD was because of B. Davis.

·         Niagara Falls - Some may disagree with me and say that Niagara Falls is in Canada but please it is on the border so I am going to class it as half USA so worthy of my list!


My USA list has got mostly the usual places when it comes to what tourists want to see but also a couple different. I hope you like my list. Someday I will get to some, maybe even all of these places. Stick around on this blog page you are currently on and maybe one day, sooner than you may think, I will be visiting some of these incredible places!


Toodles for now.
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