The weekend Get-Away's .

I like to summarize all the nice Places Qing and I have been to , during this first year in California .

We start out with a three hour drive to Paso Robles ( Cousin ) . Before night fall , we'll head down to Cambria for a stroll through this Tourist Town near the Beach . After spending the night at my Cousin's House , we drove down the Coast Highway to Los Osos to visit my former Sister in-law and her Daughter . She took Qing and myself to Morro Bay for a wonderful Lunch and on to see more of beautiful places near her Home by the Beach .
We did not get to spend a night there , because it was Sunday and I worked the next day .. unfortunately . Ahead was now again a three hour drive back Home , but not the same Hwy. we arrived to this area . There wasn't much to see , as it was after 8:00 pm when starting to head Home . I myself like night driving so much better , less Traffic through Mountainous Roads . Nobody to slow you down , so a steady 75-80 mph most of the time . Don't tell anybody !!!

Other Trips , include to Santa Monica/Venice Beaches for a nice relaxing Bicycle Ride up and down the Beach front and by the Famous Santa Monica Pier . Of course we stopped there also , for nothing more for some Fun and getting onto the "New" Farris-wheel on the Pier . That was very Romantic .. I must add . Qing also enjoyed the Marina Del Rey/Venice with it's many Canal's and Venice ( Italy ) bridges over them . Not to mention the wonderful Homes in that area . I could tell , Qing would love to live in one of those .. heck .. so would I .

Many Trips to Pasadena ( Qing's favourite City ) , especially to the Gardens .. mentioned in my earlier Blog Post .

Next over-night get-away was to be in San Diego . With plans to go to Old Town - Seaport Village - The Zoo - Point Loma - Balboa Park and not to forget to Meet up with .. no other than Ed Watson from our Forum . This reminded me , how much prettier San Diego is over Los Angeles . Another great weekend for sure for both of us . As a special Surprise , I even took Qing over the Border to Mexico and to make it more interesting .. I did it without a Passport ( explained in another Post ) of mine .

Other one Day outings include a Trip to my Uncle's Cabin in Pine Mountain ( 70 miles from LA ) . Into the Palms Spring area for both Christmas and Thanksgiving Family Dinner's , that welcome my LaoPo as one of the Family with open Arms .

Now for the Trip's that " Almost " happened .
I did plan a Anniversary ( May ) Trip to wonderful Carmel by the Sea . Also including Monterey and a drive to San Francisco , with Chinatown as the main point of that drive . Thinking of a Bay Cruise too , if time would permit it .
The second almost Visit , was to Las Vegas . But that turned out to become only an Reservation and nothing else .
Going there kind of scares Qing . I don't know what it is ? Either , it's being afraid of the Gambling or Spending Money that she thinks is wasteful . I really can't argue with that , can I now ?

Of course in the coming year , we will make plans to Visit other wonderful Site's/Park's within .. let's say no more then .. seven eight Hours of Driving . With that in Mind , I'm thinking of ..
Carmel-Frisco-Yosemite Park-Grand Canyon-Las Vegas (again) and San Diego one more time . Anybody thinking of Disneyland , maybe not .. Qing says .. I've been to the one in Tokyo already ! In other words , they are all the same and are mostly for Kids . I've been there many times myself , so no lose to me .