Showing posts with label Simona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simona. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Taking the long way around...

...is often more than worth it :)

Today's been the best day of the road trip so far. Woke up in a beautiful and sunny San Francisco, so of course I couldn't pass a walk near the Golden Gate. How much I love this city, I really wish I would have stopped by for a bit longer. But I had to meet a few of my friends for dinner in LA that night, so I jumped back on I-5 South.

On the way down, I decided that I wanted to stay in a small Hotel I knew in Ventura that night -yes, this shows how much I despise LA. So to get to Ventura, the map showed a "shortcup" via the 166 that would allow me to get to the city without having to deal with LA at all.Ha ha. Well it turned out to be not so much a shortcut of course:) It was this tiny, windy moutain-like road...but absolutely breath taking -so much better in any case than the dusty CA I=5. The road took me right through the Los Padres national Park, and I almost stopped about a thousand times. Taking the long way around. Probably one of my favorite things to do, on the road, and in life ;)


Going back to the story - of course, I ended up never finding the little hotel in ventura, rushed to LA so that I wouldn't be late for dinner...not knowing where I would slepp that night...oh that's how I like it :) It was a blast seeing Doreah, Courtney, and Simona, we had such a great time! Especially helping Courney find her car, ha ha. I am sure that the goal was to see more of Los Angeles, right Court? :)