July 30 (Again) San Diego

July 30 (Again) San Diego

Well we made it.
We were delayed at Sydney due to a late passenger and we got off the ground 45 minutes late.
We arrived at the scheduled time as we had big tail winds all the way.

Yet again, we had slight problems at Los Angeles at Homeland Security. The computers were down! Nothing ever seems to run smoothly for at LA.
Eventually we got through and caught the shuttle bus to the Avis Rental parking lot. They were really busy and there was a 45minute wait to be processed. But we eventually got thru and a gent went off to get our car. It wasn’t there. Back to the check in desk and we had to be assigned another car, complete with all new paperwork.

A 2 o’clock departure from there and we were finally on our way. By this stage we were getting a little hungry so we exited the freeway in Orange County (OC to those in the know) and went to a diner4 for lunch. Half an hour later we were back on the road but 40 miles from San Diego were we bumper to bumper into San Diego – don’t know why.

The motel is quite well equipped with fridge, microwave, iron and ironing board and plenty of towels. We managed to get a few decaf perc coffee sachets from the manager

By this point we are a little tired and we will head off for dinner and probably collapse into bed.

Now we are back after Dinner (Burp).
Apparently Emus are alive and well and have been placed on the menu of the local KFC-like take away in beautiful ndowntown SD (Well we are next to the SD naval base and it is very dodgey.

We ordered some chicken pieces etc and because of this, I may have to visit the local hernia specialists. The chicken pieces are the size of Emu legs. One of the chicken(?) wings would have to be folded to fit on an aircraft carrier. Fortunately (or not) I ordered the spicey version and that killed the taste of the meat. Are well you live and you learn.

And tomorrow is another day - the adventure continues.