If the Golden Gate Bridge and bay wasn’t spectacular enough during the day, night it is even more magnificent
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We visited Muir Woods home of the giant redwoods located on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. They were massive Read the rest of Muir Woods
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The navy put on a spectacular airshow over the San Francisco Bay to celebrate Navy Week. The Blue Angels performed for an hour with tens of thousands looking on both on land and from hundreds of watercraft on the bay. Its a great day here, mid to high 20’s and the bluest of blue skies. Read the rest of Airshow over San Francisco
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We took a fantastic drive down the Californian Coastline and had lunch overlooking the ocean watching wales, there were about 10 of them playing around close to shore. We continued down the coast and went into the forest for a rugged but spectacular drive, there were deer, squirrels and huge pine trees. We headed back […] Read the rest of A drive down to the Big Sur
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The San Jase neighbourhood is pretty vibrant with some great shops, dining and places to relax. Its in the heart of Silicon Valley with Google, HP, Microsoft and Apple all close by and about a hour south of San Francisco. Read the rest of San Jose – California
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The day started early with a 6:15 am flight out of Oklahoma City. There was a quick stop over at Denver before landing at San Jose, about an hours drive south of San Francisco just before lunch. After settling in and a some lunch and a few quick beverages we are taken on a tour […] Read the rest of Google in Silicon Valley
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We continued up Route 66 to Tulsa Oklahoma about an hour and a half out of Oklahoma City. There were plenty of shabby and run down towns to visit. They had all but been abandoned since the highway bypassed the towns. Read the rest of On to Tulsa Oklahoma
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Outside the city and onto Route 66 things went to the quirky and rundown, with plenty of weird roadside attractions and amusing signs Read the rest of Route 66 around Oklahoma City
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We reach Oklahoma City, its looks about as big as Adelaide. Fairly neat and tidy sort of place but no shopping or retail in city centre, its all business. The memorial to the bombing attack was pretty striking and done very well. With all the fears of terrorism and people from other countries and different […] Read the rest of Oklahoma City
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Elk City in Oklahoma is home to the National Route 66 Museum so we stop off for a look only to find that the $5 entry fee got us into several museums on the site including a few historical houses and a interesting farm machinery museum. Read the rest of Elk City Museums
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A little further over the state line and we visit is Erick, its a nice little place with a few interesting buildings to see. Get some petrol and a corn dog for lunch and off we go again. Read the rest of Erick, Oklahohoma
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