LA Canyons to Selma

We finally hit the road after packing what we could in to the panniers and leaving the rest in our suitcases at our hotel until we get back. The first part of the trip out of LA was just freeways and in LA there are plenty of them, even when the traffic is really thick they are still doing 70MPH.

We did the Canyons heading out and before we knew it we were climbing to over 3,000 feet out of the LA smog in to the clear sunny skies. There were plenty of twisty corners to get the adrenalin going and get us back in to the swing of things after such a long wait to get here.

As we got further north the weather got warmer until finally it peaked at 102F (32C).

The last two hours of the ride was on the freeway heading north and we can't believe how many trucks there were. Trucks of all sizes are screaming along at 110kph and it gets quite noisy passing them.

3.30pm saw us checking in to our motel and kicking back with a couple of beers.

Here are some photo's of today.

Today is the big day!

The excitement is mounting! Today we pick up our bikes prior to heading off tomorrow. We probably will be tempted to take a ride up to Malibu to see the beaches and mingle with the beautiful people. Yesterday we went to Rodondo beach and had a walk around and lunch on the pier. The weather has been around 22c during the day and we are making the most of it as in a few days its going to be over 30c where we are going. Here are some more picks.

Fathers Day in LA

Bonus! I get two fathers day this year as today is fathers day in the United States. What did we do? Ken and I did our thing wandering around a shopping mall while Kerry and Christine did a spot of shopping. It was good for us as Ken and I had a chance to discuss the bike trip and work out what we all wanted to get from it. We found this supermarket and I have to say it was the best one that I have ever seen. Well laid out and the size of it was an eye opener.

When we got back to the hotel Clint and Charleen were there which was a surprise as they were not expected in until tomorrow. So for the first time the six of us are together and ready to go but we still have two days here before we pick the bikes up and head off.

Here are a couple of photo's that may be interesting including Ken and I kicked back while the girls shopped.

Breakfast in Brisbane - Burgers and Fries in LA

The day started very early in Brisbane. We were up at 3.30AM as we just could not sleep. This turned out to be good as we ended up having breakfast at the International Airport and had a chance to do some duty free shopping.

The flight over was the usual cattle class, full plane and not any room to spare. Thank goodness the QANTAS food was better than average.

We arrived at LAX with the usual Homeland Security warnings buzzing in our ears so our entry forms were diligently filled out to make sure we didn't make any mistakes and have the end of the line pointed out to us.

We ended up at our hotel at 9.30AM only to find out that our room would not be ready until 2PM so guess what, we hit one of the local shopping Malls to practice the plastic.

We are currently waiting on Ken and Christine's arrival and tomorrow we look forward to seeing some of LA's attractions.

No photo of breakfast in Brisbane but here are the Burger & Fries in LA.

Our USA Trip

We head off tomorrow on our trip. Everything is organised and now the day is getting closer.

Here is a map which shows where we will be riding over the 22 days. You can click on it to get a larger view.

We will try to keep you all informed about our trip and as we go along and get better at this we will give you regular updates with photo's.

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Our Bike

This is our bike which is a 2007 Honda GoldWing. We often take our little dog with us as he loves it on the bike and he has his own pair of goggles which attract attention along the way. He thinks that he is royalty as lots of people take photo's of us with him on the bike.