Today we travelled approx 60 miles in the rental car in order to pick up the truck which has been in storage for the past 6 months.
I've begun to realize that LA is really a whole bunch of small cities all linked together by those terrifying freeways. 5 or 6 lanes of vehicles all traveling about 70 miles an hour ....... totally impossible to navigate if you have a fear of speed, can't read a map or have failing long range eyesight which meant you totally missed the sign that said your exit was coming up!
Don't try and change lanes at too much of a swerve or one of those 85 foot (gigantic) trucks will run right over the top of you!
Yikees, double decker roads and
plenty of them!
Would you believe my crazy mother asked me if I would like to drive on the trip back? You can probably guess my response to that!
I have been introduced to the amazing pass time of shopping at a store called Wal-Mart. The prices are incredible, I can’t believe how cheap stuff is. The Wal-Mart shopping experience is like the Warehouse, New World and Mitre 10 all rolled into one. You can buy your groceries, a pair of new shoes, that new set of outdoor furniture you’ve always wanted and even a tank full of tropical fish to top it off with.
The place is huge! What amazed me the most was the special area of checkouts completely designated for returns. I guess they were check ins really …… there was no problem returning anything, no questions asked and your money is handed back.
Tomorrow we’re off to San Diego zoo so my next lot of news will be all oohs and aahs about what I’ve seen there.
(hopefully lots of parrots!)
Did you know that there is a very loud fireworks display held at Disneyland at night? It’s sounding like a war out there at the moment so I’m off to TRY and get some sleep.
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