My LA-ex
I don't really have an ex in LA, I was just reminded of that song by Rachel from S Club. For some reason it always makes me think she's singing about laxatives , and that she's just using an acronym to be tactful about her bowel problems.
Anyway, we've reached LA on the epic road trip. I have always been a little scared of LA, it seems like it would be too bright and huge and full of freeways and beautiful people. Well, I guess I'll see if my suspicions are true in the next couple of days; we only arrived this evening so right now we've only seen the local In & Out Burger.
Today we spent in San Diego, our destination after something like 9 hours of driving on Sunday. The huge drive was actually not so bad, despite having only one certified driver and, you know, 9 hours of driving. We didn't get lost, stuck in traffic, pulled over by cops, or murderous feelings towards one another. I see this last as a credit to both our excellent characters and the balanced complexity of our music-playing plan.
San Diego was just beautiful. The weather was in a genuine holiday style; I was a little unnerved by there being no need to wonder whether it would rain or not later. We met up with lovely Becca, a friend from home who is studying at UC San Diego this year, so we caught up and she acted as tourguide. Went to Balboa Park in the morning, which has museums, galleries, theatres, gardens and fountains. Such a cool thing to have in a city centre. At lunchtime we spent something like an hour driving around looking for a bloody In & Out Burger, which is some professedly miraculous burger chain run by mormons. We failed to find it, which was why this evening's dinner was such a pay-off. A little time on Mission Beach this aft, where Becca was immensely gratified to note my incredible whiteness compared with her tan.
San Diego was gorgoeous, so I wish we could have spent more time there. That's the trouble with a whirlwind trip I guess. Oh, and we also spent a day in San Francisco, but I can't be bothered to write about that. (We did some touristy stuff and ate sundaes, it was all good.) So: roadtrip going swimmingly so far.
Anyway, we've reached LA on the epic road trip. I have always been a little scared of LA, it seems like it would be too bright and huge and full of freeways and beautiful people. Well, I guess I'll see if my suspicions are true in the next couple of days; we only arrived this evening so right now we've only seen the local In & Out Burger.
Today we spent in San Diego, our destination after something like 9 hours of driving on Sunday. The huge drive was actually not so bad, despite having only one certified driver and, you know, 9 hours of driving. We didn't get lost, stuck in traffic, pulled over by cops, or murderous feelings towards one another. I see this last as a credit to both our excellent characters and the balanced complexity of our music-playing plan.
San Diego was just beautiful. The weather was in a genuine holiday style; I was a little unnerved by there being no need to wonder whether it would rain or not later. We met up with lovely Becca, a friend from home who is studying at UC San Diego this year, so we caught up and she acted as tourguide. Went to Balboa Park in the morning, which has museums, galleries, theatres, gardens and fountains. Such a cool thing to have in a city centre. At lunchtime we spent something like an hour driving around looking for a bloody In & Out Burger, which is some professedly miraculous burger chain run by mormons. We failed to find it, which was why this evening's dinner was such a pay-off. A little time on Mission Beach this aft, where Becca was immensely gratified to note my incredible whiteness compared with her tan.
San Diego was gorgoeous, so I wish we could have spent more time there. That's the trouble with a whirlwind trip I guess. Oh, and we also spent a day in San Francisco, but I can't be bothered to write about that. (We did some touristy stuff and ate sundaes, it was all good.) So: roadtrip going swimmingly so far.
posted by susie r at 12:55 AM
3 Comments:
Ah, the joys of travelling round the US.
By the way, my train gets into Portland on the 29th March at about quarter to two in the afternoon. Any chance I can get met at the station? :)
in 'n ooouuut! is run by... MORMONS?! whoa.
Yup, Mormons. If you look closely, they have the names of Bible verses written on the bottom of the soda cups.
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