Fresno, LA and Sunset beach!
So after Yosemite I stayed in Fresno and like some dignitary once rudely said about his trip to Newcastle:
"its a great place you can be in and out in minutes".
Head south through LA, arrive Sunset beach and a local bar to meet my old buddy Amy, haven't seen her in ooooh 20 years or something...
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She drives a big ol' truck of course!
Quite the close community, this lass finds out i'm from Newcastle and buys me a drink. She a Mackem!
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TOON!
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Its sooo good to see my old friend, nothing has changed, good catch up :) She lives just off the beach!
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Great couple of days here, Amy is definatly into keeping fit, gets up at 5 am and does 2hrs work out every day!
She also likes eggs :)
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n soda ;)
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Taken to an old surf bar Blakie's By The Sea, on Huntington, have my first PBC beer, served just above freezing it is lush! I'm very enthusiastic about this drink...
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We go for a 50 50 burger with her buddys. Its also lush, half pork half beef... mmm
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Sadly its time to go to San Diego the last stop before... MEXICO!!!
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Good buy to awesome Amy, she's defiantly a Geordie at heart. Byeee!
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I can't say i did much at the next stop in San Diago, just bought Mex motorcycle insurance and planned the route for the permit stuff I have to do...