California Dreamin’

I thought I would put another post out today even though it has only been a week since the last one as we are now at the end of what we are going to call Phase 1 of our adventure. This is because we have now reached Los Angeles where we swap public transport for a hire car. It has been really interesting seeing how the landscape changed as we travelled across the majority of the southern border of the USA, so far south at one point that we could have thrown a stone at the Mexico border fence.

So far then on our east-bound leg of the trip we have narrowly missed a tornado in Louisiana, been far too close to a couple of mass shootings in New Orleans, avoided a street brawl in San Antonio and witnessed a suicide jump from the roof of an eight story car park in Las Vegas. We finished Phase 1 with a Metro ride through what can only be described as some rather shady neighbourhoods in Los Angeles, luckily getting off at the stop before Compton, LA.

Now having said all that we have really enjoyed speaking to countless interesting people and have seen some amazing places. We have learnt a great deal about American history and their current culture, we have seen the best and worst of people and continue to be surprised and amazed each day.

Phase 2 starts in the morning and assuming we can avoid speeding tickets, car jacking, auto accidents and break-downs it will give us the opportunity to explore further afield and not be tied to a schedule as such.

So much more to see and experience over the coming weeks, it has been a wild ride so far and we look forward to more of the same – except the dangerous and scary bits!