Day 44 - Goodbye America

Well it's been quite a journey - and I am not just referring to the terrible traffic on the way to LA Airport!

I've lost track of the miles driven, hikes completed, pictures take and memories obtained.

Emma organized one hell of a trip - all I had to do was drive and write this Blog.

I am guessing that quite a few family and friends have been following this - mostly lurking and not commenting - but doing so in good numbers as we are about 2,800 views on this Blog in the last month or so.

I write the blog so that family in UK know what we are up to. I also get a thrill from the fact that in 30 years or so, Our grandchildren may find this blog via google or something similar and enjoy hearing what we did.

We had a good last day in America. Kids played in the pool as we packed. Then a final trip to In-N-Out Burger and a drive to Santa Monica. We'd stayed there 13 years ago. It had changed a little but not much. We hired some bikes and headed down the boardwalk to Venice Beach and all the 'weird' people that hang out there. A good end to our trip.

Despite the traffic and US security we are now sitting at our gate. Boarding shortly.

Next it's the UK for 10 days for me, almost 3 weeks for the rest of the Reid family. I think it's raining - so typical summer weather....

Better hope the bag of warm clothes makes it to London.......

we have loved the USA. Hard to find any faults. BUT please can you start including sales tax in your prices! I'll forgive the cheese on every dish if you can sort that out....oh and adopt the metric system....

Ken


Ken