We made our final breakfast in desert hot springs. We woke up to a note saying arielle had gone to Los Angeles but we were more than welcome to stay again. We really wanted to but we would end up staying there the whole time and not seeing anywhere else in California haha!
We sunbathed for the last time, hoping our years tan would miraculously return. We wrote a note for arielle thanking her for everything and saying that we hope to return one day, maybe in the near future!
As we left, we noticed the usual clear blue sky was half covered by dark, horrible looking clouds. Not even clouds, but like storms you see in films. We realised it was from a forest fire that was on the news. It looked really scary!
The GPS told us our journey to San Diego would take two and a half hours. We have noticed here there are car pool lanes. They are for vehicles with two or more people. I couldn’t understand why no one was using them so didn’t bother in case you need a permit or pay or something. It didn’t take too long for me to realise that actually every car only has one person in it, ITS LUDICROUS!
We hit some traffic on the freeway (probably due to everyone driving solo – Jesus!) so our GPS said she had a quicker route. We clicked to follow this which took us off at the next exit. I fought my way through the jam to get to the exit which was loaded with people clearly doing the same thing. We sat in the exit for over fifteen minutes before eventually getting out to the street. I turned back to see the freeway now moving freely. Annoying. I then, realised the GPS was simply taking me off and then back on the next exit further down. What s bloody waste of time. Definitely took longer than waiting in the traffic.
As we arrived in San Diego we drove around the street trying to find a parking space. We found one on the street and headed up to the apartment. We were met by Mia, a Brazilian lady who now lives in San Diego. Her home was lovely and spotless. Nice bouncy carpets and a balcony facing the pool. She showed us to our lovely room.
Hungry, we got ready and headed out for dinner. We turned about straight away for our jumpers as the cold hit us. We noticed a chilis bar and grill. We loved this place in Florida so headed there. We ordered the dinner for 2 for $20. I ordered chicken fajitas and scott ordered a bacon cheeseburger, this came with shared Texan chilli cheese fries. The food was amazing. I joined the rewards programme and we earned some points for our meal.
As we walked back towards the house, the sea world fireworks started. They were huge and so loud. We stood in vons parking lot and watched them. Then we stopped into vons and picked up some snacks.
Back at the house we ate our snacks and watched Bruce almighty on the TV before falling asleep. It’s the first place we have been that we haven’t needed air con.
Around the world in 190 days 