Our last day of travelling down the Pacific Highway. We still wanted to go to Santa Monica pier and after a bit of research decided that it would be better to park in Venice (much more RV friendly) and then get a bus. We found a parking lot near the beach and boardwalk which was handy. We walked along the boardwalk back towards Santa Monica looking in some of the shops. Everything is quirkily painted and stalls and entertainers were beginning to set up. We carried on walking when we got to Santa Monica beach all the way to the pier passing Muscle Beach. We spent some time looking round the pier before getting a Lyft ride back to the RV. It would have been nice to spend more time here but we needed to head inland to the Great Wolf Lodge where we are spending two nights in the hotel. There is a big water park here which you can use before the rooms are ready so we headed straight in there. It was quite busy but the girls were soon off exploring and coming back to fetch one of us to go in the pool, lazy river, wave pool etc. Three hours later we managed to gather everyone together to collect our bags and find our Wolf Den King Suite which impressed us all. After a meal in the buffet where between us we tried nearly everything Lola and Evie collected their Wolf passes. This gives them lots of freebies including a magic wand which enables them to play the Magi Quest game. Various games where they have to find objects and point their wands at them are around the hotel. It was like a madhouse ruled by children around 9pm with few adults around. The children were up and down in the lifts as the objects are on different floors but they were helping each other, offering advice and having great fun!
ANDREA MILLS
55 chapters
15 Apr 2020
August 09, 2018
Our last day of travelling down the Pacific Highway. We still wanted to go to Santa Monica pier and after a bit of research decided that it would be better to park in Venice (much more RV friendly) and then get a bus. We found a parking lot near the beach and boardwalk which was handy. We walked along the boardwalk back towards Santa Monica looking in some of the shops. Everything is quirkily painted and stalls and entertainers were beginning to set up. We carried on walking when we got to Santa Monica beach all the way to the pier passing Muscle Beach. We spent some time looking round the pier before getting a Lyft ride back to the RV. It would have been nice to spend more time here but we needed to head inland to the Great Wolf Lodge where we are spending two nights in the hotel. There is a big water park here which you can use before the rooms are ready so we headed straight in there. It was quite busy but the girls were soon off exploring and coming back to fetch one of us to go in the pool, lazy river, wave pool etc. Three hours later we managed to gather everyone together to collect our bags and find our Wolf Den King Suite which impressed us all. After a meal in the buffet where between us we tried nearly everything Lola and Evie collected their Wolf passes. This gives them lots of freebies including a magic wand which enables them to play the Magi Quest game. Various games where they have to find objects and point their wands at them are around the hotel. It was like a madhouse ruled by children around 9pm with few adults around. The children were up and down in the lifts as the objects are on different floors but they were helping each other, offering advice and having great fun!
1.
A long journey
2.
Searching for dinosaurs
3.
Calgary stampede
4.
Calgary Olympic Park
5.
Rodeo
6.
From Calgary to Jasper
7.
Highway 5
8.
All the way to Whistler
9.
A lazy day in Whistler
10.
Rafting and bear hunting
11.
Relaxing in Whistler
12.
Over to Vancouver Island
13.
Discovering Mill Bay
14.
A day in Victoria
15.
Moving on to Seattle
16.
A Day in Mount Rainier National Park
17.
Moving to Oregon
18.
Powwow, lake and mountain
19.
Hell’s Canyon
20.
A journey through time
21.
A volcanic legacy
22.
Mountains, Rivers and Waterfalls
23.
A day in Portland
24.
A change of plan
25.
Arriving in San Francisco
26.
San Francisco sights
27.
Cycling the Golden Gate Bridge
28.
Our next adventure
29.
A day in Monterey
30.
Travelling along the Big Sur
31.
Hearst Castle to Lake Lopez
32.
Ropes, zip wires and boogie boards
33.
Fun at the water park
34.
Down the coast to Santa Barbara
35.
A day in Santa Barbara
36.
Next stop Malibu
37.
The end of the Pacific Highway
38.
Fun at Great Wolf Lodge
39.
National Park Time
40.
Giant trees
41.
Water holes and railroads
42.
Back to the coast
43.
Relaxing in Santa Cruz
44.
Around Santa Cruz
45.
Moving to Lake Tahoe
46.
Big lakes and little lakes
47.
A drive round Lake Tahoe
48.
Chilling out
49.
An unexpected dip
50.
A day by the lake
51.
A walk into Heavenly
52.
Back to The West Coast
53.
Shopping
54.
Jelly Belly factory
55.
Time for home
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