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

Doing (more of) San Diego: Southern California, Day 10 (26 July 2017)

OK folks, I know we are starting to run way behind in the blog. This is partly due being on the road – well, to and in San Diego – for three days, and partly because our San Diego hotel’s wireless was woeful. I didn’t finish the last post until 1.30am because the connection kept … Read more

Quiet Day: Southern California, Day 8 (24 July 2017)

We made no critical plans for today, as Carolyn had a tradesman coming to replace a major part of her ailing air conditioning system. Carolyn did encourage us to stick with our tentative plan of going to Old Towne Orange, but we decided to wait and play it by ear. Old Towne Orange Historic District … Read more

Summer day activities: Southern California, Days 6-7 (22-23 July 2014)

Reversing the norm For a number of reasons we reversed the norm this day, Saturday, and had a quiet morning followed by an active afternoon. Len and I started by lunching at a chain restaurant called Rubio’s, which describes itself as “coastal inspired fresh Mexican food”. We both had salad, mine a very tasty chicken … Read more