Arriving at Dinesh and Nicky’s we were greeted by the famous four – Andy, Limpy, Wally and Clarke. These soon became firm friends with Dexter and Archie, strokes, photos, checking on how they were all doing – particularly Wally and Clarke. An amazing lunch and a few tequilla’s (no surprises there) and chats about planning for the trip to Palm Springs the following day. After some logistics planning of getting 4 adults, 2 children and 4 dogs in 2 cars we were on our way and arrived in Palm Springs early afternoon to meet up with some friends of Dinesh and Nicky who also had 2 boys and a dog. The house was amazing, huge heated swimming pool – kids were in immediately, our own tikki bar and enough bedrooms for the dogs too. The next few days were filled with good food, great company and a little bit of exploring around Palm Springs – which was certainly colder than expected.
NYE tamer than in past years but fun and plenty of calls back home which help of the time difference. NYD a drive through Joshua Tree National Park, amazing scenery, brilliant sunshine but freeeezing cold when venturing out of the car! Great America roadside diner for burgers and fries on the way home.
Back in LA we spent the day down at the beach – Santa Monica to Venice, boys on their scooters and us on hired bikes, few stops in the beach front parks and lunch listening to an amazing busker on a grand piano. Then came Universal Studios – perfect for the boys with Harry Potter world – Hogsmead town with all the shops, Hogwarts with awesome rides. Kung Fu Panda and Minion rides, special effects, Stunt and animal actor shows filled our day. Korean BBQ dinner in the evening was a treat all round – so much amazing food!!
Final day filled with more amazing food and catch ups with friends – packing and sorting and an early 4am start the following day for our next leg – LA to Vancouver then on to Kelowna to the SNOW!!!
Massive thank you to Dinesh and Nicky for allowing the crazies into their home for a week! - We'll be back
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