Road Trip

Being the non stop type of girls we were ready and raring to go early, on the morning of our big drive to San Diego, just with 1 small, tiny, weeny problem... we still didn't have a hire car. 
We had trawled the internet searching for good deals, but it's nearly impossible once you add on the under 25 sur charge. 
Finally we found something which sounded awesome. Turning up we quietly asked the taxi man to wait until we had something sorted just in case we needed a quick get away... but it all ran smoothly and we have hired this bad boy - Bert 

In fact the concept of this little company is brilliant, it's called flight car and rents out peoples cars as they go on holiday.

Feeling rather chuffed we set off for the open road!

We stuck to highway 5 all the way. 9 hours later we had arrived in sunny San Diego!
We research the best beach around, which happened to be on a little island connect to San Diego called Coronado, and spent the next day uncurling our limbs from the drive.

Next stop Newport Beach, for a spot of very amateur surfing! In my next life I will learn to be a pro but for now we bumbled along in the white bubbles laughing our heads off as we attempted to balance on our foam boards and not swallow too much sea water!

San Francisco

Yayyyy, I finally met up with the girls, ready for our California trip. I am beyond excited!!

We are staying in the first of many rather dated roadside hostels but it definitely adds to the adventure!
Yesterday we strolled down the waters edge to the trashy touristy land of Pier 39 and it was great!

Walking past a bike shop we decided the Golden Gate bridge needed to be attacked on bikes. Being travelers we went for the lowest rate possible and the shortest amount of time possible - 2 hours. So we cycled up the 5 miles to bridge, peddling as fast as we could. It felt like we were interval training!!

The views were insane and after seeing the picturesque bridge hundreds of times it was cool to actually be there!

We ended the day going for a casual stroll around San Fran, only for it to turn out not so casual when we hit the huge hills that the city is famous for!

Hollywood Trail Run

HOLLYWOOD!!!!!
Surely visiting the Hollywood sign is on most peoples bucket list... it was certainly on mine. So I jumped at the opportunity to run the trail which leads right up to it. 
We set of early to avoid as much as the mid day heat as possible, it was still roasting!
Im not going to lie it was pretty daunting seeing it way off in the distance half way up a mountain!

This is not the sign I wanted to see at 7 o'clock in the morning!!

But the view was absolutely worth it. It is a fantastic way to see LA and get a feel of the sprawling city.

We finally made it, looking down over LA with the sign right in front of us! It felt like we were on top of the world.

Meet my trusty guide, luckily he has a much better sense of direction than I do, so I kept quite and followed him down. 

Not before taking a few 'Where Centigrade Have Been' snaps!

Now to tick the Hollywood sign off the Bucket list!! CHECKKK