Alex was still not well but he had to get up and get moving as we were driving to Los Angeles today. Around 6am he went to pick up the hire car while I packed and got the kids organised. We got the van all packed up and hit the road around 7.30am. First stop was Lombard St which we had only seen from a distance on the tram tour the day before.
We then drove through San Francisco towards the coast, stopping at Louis' Diner for breakfast. This was a gorgeous family owned diner set on a hilltop looking out to the Pacific Ocean.
We had a huge breakfast and then set off down Highway 1 towards L.A.
It was a longer drive then we had anticipated so we didn't get to stop at too many places along the way as we had to keep travelling. We had a nice lunch at the London Bridge Pub in Monterey and were enjoying the views of Big Sur before Sammy got carsick and started throwing up. We had to pull over several times for him to vomit on the side of the road!
We pulled into Santa Barbara for dinner and struggled to find somewhere to eat as everywhere had huge wait times. We finally found a Denny's and experienced some of the worst service of the entire trip. It took nearly 45 minutes for our food to arrive which was 45 minutes that we couldn't afford. It was dark by the time we left and we were all exhausted but we still had a couple of hours to go. We finally arrived at the Cal Mar Suites in Santa Monica around 9.30pm and gratefully fell into bed.
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