A Whales vagina?

'Sup Y'all? Howdy from southern California. Finally made it here after our 21 hour adventure. Well, adventure is a gross understatement, HELL is more of an accurate analogy. Getting all our luggage and skis here was about as much fun as having your pubic hair tweezered out whilst squatting over a BBQ whilst sausages are spitting scorching hot fat onto you! What a hassle! I suppose it wasn't too bad as we only had to repack our bags and suitcases 4 times! We arrived in LA to some of the worst weather they have had in years. In some places in California they have had over 20 inches of rain this week! We got drenched on the short 50 yard walk to the station from the bus but luckily by the time we eventually arrived in San Diego, it had stopped. Now for those of you not familiar with the awesome movie 'Anchorman' which is set in San Diego, Will Ferrell explains that San Diego is in fact German and means "A whales vagina." The train journey was awesome as we had gorgeous windswept beaches on one side and awesome clifftop houses on the other. Shame that all the rain had flooded the tracks so the train couldn't go faster than 10 miles per hour at times. We got to our hotel near Old Town and collapsed. It was an exhausting day and i ache like a bee-atch today. Luckily i bought a roll on pain killer today which has been amazing.

The rain continued at times today with some more hail and cold winds. I hadn't expected it to be 10 degrees either! It's flippin freezing! I hadn't expected to feel this cold until we got to Utah but apparently Las Vegas is colder than here! Good thing we have all our winter gear with us. Today we checked out Old Town with all it's pioneer type buildings and old memorabilia from the gold rush days. I knew it was going to be very Mexican here and it doesn't disappoint. I even tucked away a huge chicken burrito for lunch. Kate also had a steak and bean burrito which i assumed was one of the harbingers of the Apocalypse as it will make her farts truly evil - watch out for reports of people mysteriously dying in California on the news. After Old Town we headed downtown and checked out the GasLamp Quarter. It was awesome. So clean and a great mix of old and modern buildings. It used to be the red light district but has been revamped to be a very trendy boutique styled area of the city. We walked miles today which we will have to do to try and counteract the huge amount of calories in the food here. It seems everything is bigger than i remember. I saw a blueberry muffin yesterday which was as big as my head! We are considering doing Atkins while we are here as it's an easy diet to do and a lot of restaurants here cater for it. We shall see as i am quite partial to pancakes. Kate devised a "rhyme diet" today where you only eat foods that rhyme but i can't imagine losing weight on Steak, pancakes, pasta bake and cheesecake! We'll just have to be careful. I intend to run as well while i am here but not til my body clock adjusts, and this weather gets better.

So, we plan to go to the Big Bay whale day tomorrow. It celebrates the annual migration of the Grey Whales along the pacific coasts twice a year. They have lots of whale related paraphernalia and discounted whale watching trips. If the weather is nice that is. We also have San Diego zoo to go to and maybe Seaworld before heading off to Vegas next week.

We of course will let you know more when we have a bit more time and when we are sure that we are not stealing WiFi from our hotel next door, ahem. Better go.

Peace

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