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For me it’s back to Starbucks for computer work, this time in San Luis Obispo. Donna shopped the local stores while I worked on the computer. I finished about 1pm and we headed to the Mission District. Very cool main street with lots of nice looking restaurants. We ate at the SLO Brewery (SLO stand for San Luis Obispo). It was very good. The Brewery backed up to the old San Luis Obispo Mission dating from the 1700’s. The building and history is cool and the whole district is very scenic. Afterwards we hit the Avila Dog Beach where Maverick got extra sandy and wet.

Today was a Triathalon in the Lopez Lake park. We were worried about getting out but it wasn’t bad at all. We left early and ate breakfast in town. I was having problems with my new OS install on the PC so Donna left me at Starbucks for wifi. I worked until lunch then we ate crepes at Mon Ami in Pismo Beach. She dropped me back off at Starbucks so I could continue working on the PC. Donna explored the area and took Maverick to another dog beach. She picked me up at 5pm and we went to Chili’s for dinner.

This morning we drove to Lopez Lake campground. Lopez Lake is a very beautiful park set on a small but nice lake. The park had partial hook ups so we were pretty well set but NO cell coverage and by association no internet. We ate at Villa Cantina in nearby Arroyo Grande. We walked the shops of Arroyo Grande Village, nothing much interesting to me except a really nice guitar store. Later we went to Grover Beach and had a nice very nice beach walk.

Yay, the rain finally quit. We drove to Hollywood and checked out the Chinese Theater and star walk. It was interesting but super crowded and Maverick and I couldn’t wait to get back to the car. Donna discovered that nearby is the Peterson Auto Museum. Peterson became a major automotive publisher including Hot Rod magazine, and many others. Wow, what a cool museum. We did a guided tour of the basement with over 120 rare cars. After the guided tour we enjoyed three floors of really nice exhibits. The museum has an awesome collection of Porsche’s and old Ferrari’s. After the museum we returned to Malibu and walked the beach.

Help! Were drowning. OK just kidding, but it feels that way. Heavy rains today, and not likely to dry up until tonight. No Universal Studios today so we decided to see the John Paul Getty Villa instead. We thought the Villa would a mansion tour but it really is a museum of Getty’s art collection. The collection was mostly early Greece and Roman artifacts. After the museum I decided to stay around the Coach and do my taxes.

Today we traveled to Malibu Beach RV Park. As the name implies the park is overlooking the beach in Malibu. We can see the ocean crashing on the shore from inside the RV. Very nice. The drive was about 2 hours, nearly double what you might expect due to LA traffic and steady rain. Once setup we went to Dukes for fish and chips and a lovely view of the ocean for lunch. Afterwards we explored a little of the Malibu area before settling in at the RV. The rain kind of puts a damper on things. I worked on the computer while Donna sat under the awning to read.

This morning we repeated the early morning arrival, but this time for the Disney California Adventure theme park. Instead of the shuttle we decided we were close enough to walk and so we did. This park is adjacent to Disneyland but themed more towards the movie side of Disney. By 10am we had hit the most popular attractions and were already running out of things that interested us. At 10:30 we started the walk back to the RV park. By the way, my favorite ride of either park was the Guardians of the Galaxy. This ride is a reboot of the old Tower of Terror ride that was my favorite many years ago in Disney World/MGM. Donna’s favorite and a really fun ride was the Cars Radiator Springs Racer ride.

This morning we were up before dawn to take Maverick to day care and get back to the park so we could take the shuttle to Disney. The shuttle was pretty painless and we hit Disneyland right after it opened. I highly recommend arriving by opening. We enjoyed many of the most popular attractions by 10am. By noon it was a different story. Super crowded and the popular attractions had wait times greater than an hour. By a little after 3pm we had enough and took the shuttle back out to the RV park. Maverick was really beat from day care and Donna and I were really beat from all of the walking.

We departed Rancho Jurupa this morning about 11am. It took about an hour to get to Anaheim Harbor RV Park. We are staying here to enjoy the Disneyland parks for a couple of days. Yes the old folks had to do Disneyland. This park is expensive but has location. There is a shuttle just outside the park that takes you straight to the Disney drop off.

We got here early and started looking for lunch. I did Trip Advisor and picked a Mexican restaurant. Just after we left the park I realized the restaurant is part of the Disney downtown. I wanted to abort but Donna was quite excited to see Disney Downtown. After struggling briefly with parking we had lunch in the heart of the Disney Downtown. As you might guess the food was only fair with a pretty hefty price. We were pleased to get to see the downtown area.

Today we just explored the Riverside area. We saw the California State Citrus State Park where they explained the origin of citrus fruit in North America (mostly from China). It is a really lovely park with many varieties of ripe citrus trees. Afterwards we saw the world’s largest paper cup at a closed Dixie Cup plant. Finally we saw Flabob airport. I didn’t realize that our RV park was only about 1/2 mile from it. While it wouldn’t mean much to most, it is the home of Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) Chapter 1. A lot of cool civil experimental activity grew from this airport. Doesn’t look like much but there are some cool old aircraft operating from here. We saw a super nice Travelaire biplane land while we were there.