Exploring South Bay (2): Southern California, Day 17 (2 August 2017)

“Free” morning – and lunch While Trudy and Carter spent the morning walking their dogs, Len and I did some last-minute errands, during which we had a cuppa at the local Barnes and Noble Starbucks. I checked the shelves for a few Aussie authors, and found Liane Moriarty (of course – she’s big here), Charlotte … Read more

Exploring South Bay (1): Southern California, Day 16 (1 August 2017)

Introducing South Bay While we’ve visited the region known as “South Bay” before, somehow it was only on this visit that we discovered it has a name! It basically covers the southwest part of Los Angeles county, and includes 15 cities. The main ones we visited this trip – if I have it right – … Read more

Leaving Yorba Linda: Southern California, Day 15 (31 July 2017)

Goodbye, again … to Carolyn And so our last day (for this trip anyhow) in Yorba Linda dawned, and the first part of the morning was spent packing, before Carolyn reminded us that we hadn’t yet been to Daiso, a Japanese $1.50 store (like their 100 yen stores in Japan). Of course, we like to … Read more

Yorba Linda countdown: Southern California, Day 14 (30 July 2017)

A burger-ing we will go … With our time in Yorba Linda running out, Carolyn was really keen for us (well, Len anyhow) to try a Californian icon, In-N-Out Burger. It’s consistently, she said, high on tourists’ to do lists. Not being a huge fast-food-chain fan, I was a bit sceptical but you never ignore the … Read more

Mooching around: Southern California, Days 12 and 13 (28 and 29 July 2017)

A morning in Old Towne Orange – and more Orange County is, as I’ve said before, an interesting place – full of cities with their own histories. One of these is Orange and, as I mentioned earlier in this blog, I do love to visit Old Towne Orange Historic District. We didn’t take as many photos … Read more