We left San Francisco behind after crossing the Oakland Bay Bridge and headed north on Highway 80. We passed Berkeley and Greg told me about a scene from the movie 'The Graduate' starring Dustin Hoffman that was filmed there - check it out for yourself. Sacramento was next, but having spent several days there in 2009 we decided to stay on the freeway and skirt around the city. Our only stop on the way was at a Maccas for lunch and we arrived about 3pm in South L...

Originally we had not planned an overseas trip for 2017. But when a good mate invites you to his wedding and then tells you it is in San Francisco - well that is an opportunity too good to miss we say! Shayne Webley and Greg trained together at the Queensland Police Academy in 2002, Shayne's room was across the hall from Greg's. Although a lot of study and hard work was required at the Academy, these two managed to form a life long bond. Many discussions were ha...

Instead of using the freeways we travelled to San Francisco along the coastal route California 1 and Cabrillo Highway. We stopped on several occasions to take photos and had a leisurely lunch at Half Moon Bay. We encountered no traffic until we hit the suburbs of San Francisco. After checking in to our hotel in Union Square (on the 8th floor - much to Greg's horror as he is not keen on heights) we rested up for a couple of hours and even unpacked our suitcases. ...

Today we move a little closer to San Francisco, our overnight stay will be Monterey only about 250km north - but we have plans! After a breakfast of pastries and coffee we headed off. We had planned to travel by the coastal highway but it has been closed for quite a while due to a land slide so we followed highway 101 instead, a little further from the coast. This allowed us to see some areas we had not been before as we have previously ridden the coast route. W...

We're off to the USA! "Again" I hear you say. We had no intention of travelling overseas this year, that is until our good friend Shayne Webley announced that he was getting married. So why the overseas trip? He is getting married in San Francisco to a beautiful American lady called Elizabeth. Now, we don't need much encouragement to travel and to be honest we could not find a better reason than to attend Shayne and Elizabeth's nuptuals on 16th September. So, a...