We have been on our trip for two months now and it seems like it’s been a long time since we were back home and at the same time, the weeks are flying by. We are now at our half-way point on our four month adventure. I don’t see us slowing down. There is so much more that we want to see and do.
We have been very fortunate not to have any major problems so far. We have had small stuff to concern us such as; (1) Our Feb 3rd mail forwarding was lost in the US Post Service system somewhere, we just got it today and the important mail that we were expecting was not there. (2) Land Wanderer (our RV) is wanting to drift left, so slightly when traveling down the road. I will get it checked out when I get home. (3) Our GPS died. Simple fix was replacing the power cord. (4) Having my bike stolen. I was thinking about getting a new bike anyway. (5) When dry camping (boon docking) it takes 4 hours every day for the generator to charge the batteries. This seems excessive. We have an inverter that converts the 12 volt DC (battery power) to 120 volt AC and we are able to have the comforts of home except for air conditioning. I will have to check this out when I get home.
We have traveled 4300 miles with the Land Wanderer and 3200 miles with the Tacoma. We have been paying about $1.90/gal average for diesel before we got to California. California, it’s about $2.25. Gas in California is around $2.50, $1.70 outside California. Even at the higher California prices, we are not complaining.
Pacific Coast Highway
The second half of our trip starts off with a slow drive up the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), California Highway 1 starting at San Diego. Our plan is to travel north on Highway 101 with Land Wanderer. Highway 101 parallels PCH but is straighter and inland. Land Wanderer is too big to travel on PCH. We will have to home base Land Wanderer and use the Tacoma for traveling the PCH.
San Diego to San Juan Capistrano
When we were in San Diego last week and we drove the PCH to San Juan Capistrano, just south of LA. It was gorgeous beaches and palm tree havens throughout our drive. Our destination was the mission at San Juan Capistrano. It is well know for the Swallows to migrate each year at the mission. They built their mud nest, raised a family and then fly off. We were not lucky enough to see any Swallows. It was not the right time of year. Oh well, we did enjoy the tour of the mission and learning about the history of the California Mission Trail.
We are by-passing LA because of all the traffic and craziness and picking it up in Malibu.
Malibu to Santa Barbara
