Campervan of Chaos rolls into San Diego

Hi again,

great to receive your lovely (and amusing) emails and comments, especially those regarding American food,  princesses and our potential driving skills! Would love to answer you all individually but we are struggling just to find enough time to write this blog!
Anyway, we have not failed in the driving department. We picked up the campervan yesterday and Graham has been practising his braking skills to avoid hitting a crazy driver(only one glass broken so far in the van). Rebecca has not ventured to the driver's seat in the van as yet but she did practise her yankee driving with a car we hired and only mistook the windscreen wiper button as the indicator button once. They are on opposite sides of the steering wheel, after all. Anyway, back to the campervan.....

So far, Graham has been designated van driver (calmer in traffic) and Rebecca the navigator (better with maps). Even with the help of GPS (and a few less than useful comments from the three backseat drivers like, "why did you miss the exit, Dad? You only had to cross four lanes"), our journey has been interesting. The series of overpasses, underpasses and everything in between on the freeways of LA and San Diego are reminiscent of Dr Suess' story, "The Zax". One freeway we travelled on was ten lanes each way and everyone (expect us, of course) exceeds the speed limit. We are pleased to report that we have not lost the side mirrors yet, although Graham did have a close shave with a school bus in LA, much to the bus driver's amusement.

But back to our journey... after stopping at a skate shop on the way to San Diego, where Jack purchased a longboard which Graham and Rebecca both didn't see as the 'bargain' Jack was - and still is - convinced it was, we arrived in SD around dark hoping to score a nice RV park with an available site which amounted to more than a patch of bitumen. Lady Luck was on our side (or rather, Rebecca had done her homework) and we scored a site in a lovely 'kiddy-friendly' park, close to Sea World and with pool/spa, play equipment, beach, etc. to get the kids out of Mum & Dad's hair. After all, you can still get under each other's feet in a 31 foot campervan.

As we arrived quite late last night, we spent today grocery shopping (had enough of takeaway where EVERYTHING is so processed and loaded with fat), exploring our home for the next few nights (i.e. the park) and lazing around the pool. Tomorrow, we head to Sea World to be splashed by Shamu, the killer whale, hopefully not to become its lunch.

Until next time,

adios mis amigos!

Graham, Rebecca, Jack Liam & Rhiannon