Well we have quite a story to tell and it starts way back when in Marahau New Zealand where we met Colin and Brian. Later on in New Zealand we met Colin and Brian again at Accents on the park in Nelson and as coincidence would have we met them driving around sunny Santa Barbara. That is the shorten abridged version but i am still in shock its so crazy that we should just run into them in a random town on the california coast.

Colin very kindly offered to put us up in there rented holiday for a couple of days before we headed upto San Francisco where we are staying on Colins 30 foot yacht which is very pleasant indeed.

In two days time we are meeting up with our friend cam who we haven't seen in years as he has been sailing all around america after getting a job on a charter boat. So we shall be seeing him and everyone is very excited by the prospect!!!

Two facts i need to fill you in on; firstly the beam of light from the Luxor hotel/casino can be seen from 250 miles away, secondly a casino in Las Vegas will take on average $10 million a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (makes me glad i'm not 21) though columbo did waste a whole dollar in a slot machine.

The next leg is a 58 hour train journey from San Francisco to CLeveland which will be good fun i think but thats not for a while so there'll be plenty to keep you interested before then,

Toby