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Thavk you mate, it has been unreal, seriously different to anything .. quick piss around in a city for a day or 2, then back into unimaginable wildness/beauty.. already planning the next trip.. lol Got a message earlier to say hes got the tickets, the chap who's got them is my wife's best friends Dad, hes the most knowledgeable man on music I know, cool as f**k to be honest, in his early 70s and looks cool, acts cool... f**k he annoys me! Lol watched a few gigs with him over the years, very understated but an Oracle on music, seen them all in the day abd still is now..someone I listen too

Unbelievable

Zoo! No need, today has top trumped any nature so far, we were supposed to do 3 hours to Ynez Valley, but we traveled about 40 miles as we spotted whales whilst sat at a red light for road works.. I was sure I saw a spout of water out to sea, I rarely watch the road anyway, heads on a swivel lol... said to the wife to look in the same direction and we both shouted when we saw a big jet of water and a back roll.. we spent the next 2 hours "lay-by hopping" and watching. The grey whales are migrating at the minute so that's what I think they were, could be humpback, but probably greys...the photo

Around Goshawk size mate, maybe a touch bigger..was being harassed ny a couple of crows, lovely looking bird.

I wont be seeing you then! Lol

@WILF Remember you saying Neil Young was one of your favourite gigs, he's playing the Eden project this summer, a mate messaged me last wwwk asking if wanted tickets, hopefully hes been able to ger us some.

Might see you there mate, Eden project is a great venue...wrong county though, Devon is God's Country lol...only one way with a scone...the cream is the butter, it goes in first..

Not sure we need to go to the zoo, seeing enough wildlife daily! Lol About to go up into Big Sur state park for an early morning walk...then down to Los Alamos in the Yves Valkey, see if this Californian wine is any good lol

Great wildlife spotting today, Including a sea otter we watched catching crabs and eating them, could hear them crunching and sea lions on the pier at Santa Cruz. Beautiful scenery and sunset

In the woods in a cabin, shit WI-Fi so keeps repeating posts

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Ive been saying similar most days, that drive from East Texas to California is massive over the most harsh terrain imaginable...the thought of doing that in wagons and horses, is crazy...would've been amazing too lol.. We wont get to Napa Valley, weve headed South out of Santa Cruz, only done 75 miles to get to Big Sur... another great day and nice to reduce the driving... oh and we changed our flights from Friday to Monday, so will get a weekend in San Diego... not told the kids yet lol

Couple of videos of our off road track. The forest is still severely damaged from huge fires in 2016! https://youtube.com/shorts/6k-0W2-oQ1Y?si=Q03g8WU2kLZ5DuSl

Cheers Dave.

Thank you mate, we'll definitely br passing LA, so may well stop for that lol.. Had thr best food the last few days, dim sums in Vegas (Hakkasan in MGM Grand) and an indian tonight in Santa Cruz... oh and those sandwiches in the diner today.. proper tasty food and not too much salt!! Lol