California Hotels

Flight to San Francisco from Australia was uneventful although we experienced quite a bit of turbulence. Arrived around midday (still Saturday) and caught a taxi to our hotel - The Chelsea Motor Inn in the Marina District. We actually had a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our room. Beautiful day - walked down to Fishermans Wharf area and everyone was taking advantage of the warm weather. Purchased the CityPass which gave us unlimited rides on public transport as well as a 1 hour cruise under the bridge and around Alcatraz Island and we managed to catch that. Had a clam chowder in a ...

Friday, 8/1 - Well, after many months of planning, the day has finally arrived! I can't believe that we're actually driving across the US! It's something I've always wanted to do. Our drive will take us from Connecticut to California and back, going through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, then back through IL, IN, OH, PA, and NY and back home to CT. We left the house at exactly 4:44pm and got on the road. We took I-84 West until we ...

Leave home from Seattle at 5am, drove 13 hrs non stop. When we got into the northern tip of California, hot waves hit us right away. Check at the outside temp on the Dashboard, it's at 102F. Driving into San Francisco downtown to our hotel, we saw the miles miles long traffic on the opposite side, we feel sorry for those who work in SF. We arrive at the hotel around 6:30pm. The hotel is right in the middle of town with restaurants and shopping all around. Intercontinental SF is very nicely fashionably decorated. We just went around the block to have a quick Japanese dinner. Then we met with ...