Trip to L.A. - Day 7

August 23, 2007

Stay overnight at Tulure Food Cos next to Walmart.

Got up at about 9 am . We want to buy a plier in 99 & More to change to new shower handle. But the store (petty bad organised) not open yet. So Mel visit Susie Deal, bought some cheap (not really) clothes. Me & Law went to Walmart to wait for her finish shopping. Then we went to Long John Silver around the block to eat lunch. Got some cash in WaMu on the same lot. Mel ate seafood deluxe, Law ate popcorn shrimp combo, I ate calamari. Total $21. We told Law we are going to move to Tulare because it has less than 50,000 population. But he flatly reject that idea. I told him if he could gave me five reason for not to move here. I will accept not to move here. But ha gave me only 4. So he try all other way to get us change the idea.

Set out to Henford. Mel picked 6 corns on the wide open corn field which are barely ripe. Stopped close to downtown under the breeze way of a closed down auto service store. Turn on the gen & aircond for Law to keep cool. Me and Mel walk 3 to 4 blocks. But it was too hot. Returned to trailer. Had showers. Released gray water before setout. On the before I-5, Mel took over the driving. I got it back after exit I-5. Got to Gilroy at sunset. We shopped at Outlet. Bought a Lee jean waist 31 for me for $10.99. Mel bought a short for $6. Law bought a sweater $8 &sweat shirt $5. Ate at In & Out. Fillup gas tank and got home about 9pm.

Trip to L.A. - Day 5

August 21, 2007

Got up at Target in Baldwin Park and left trailer at El Monte Whitty Narrows park. Drove to Monterey Park to get water tank drinking water tank for the house. But could not find the company. Walked along back to a air cond. chinese music store and Mel bought 2 DVD. Across the parking lot and got 2 pearl & 1 grass drinks. Went to LA China Town to buy Chinese pastries. Went back to the park to get trailer. Drove to Monterey Park and ate dinner at Tin Tin Chinese Restaurant. Drove few street to McDonald to camp overnight.

Trip to L.A. - Day 4

August 20, 2007

Got up next to Food-4-less in Baldwin Park. Drove the trailer all over to find a park to leave trailer. After 2 to 3 hours of hunting we found the park in El Monte. We found that the propane was low due to a leak in the hose, so we drove locally to find a propane station. We found it at Atlantic & Valley in Alhambra. Drove back to the park & let Law stayed in the trailer with air on. Drive back to MPK , went to Hong Kong supermarket. Mom bought one DVD movie & another DVD movie outside the store. Went up San Gabriel to get cooked food for dinner. After dinner, drove the trailer back to Food-4-less in Baldwin Park following Law instruction which is not very direct.

It was still early, we used a lot of battery, so I drove to the side of Food4less and ran the gen for 30 minutes before driving back to the main parking lot to rest for the night.

Trip to L.A. - Day 3

August 19, 2007

Slept overnight at Wal-Mart in Santa Maria.Walk to Good Buy but nothing to buy. Follow highway 101 went to the coast. Passed thru Santa Barbara, but no parking for many miles near the pier. Went on to look for camping place for the night. Walk along a beach near Summerland. Empty tanks before leaving.First to mogu state park, but full. Drove on to LA on highway 1. Stopped at Ventura to fill tummy and took a walk in downtown. Drove past the long Malibu Beach and reached Santa Monica Pier. Tried to find a local road to Wal-Mart in Balwin Park. Drove along Venice Blvd, then jumped back to 101 to go all the way to Baldwin Park. Law gave me wrong exit but still got there pass Food4less. Told by security to leave before 4 am. So left there to go down a few street back to Food4less and stayed for the night.

Trip to L.A. - 2nd day

August 18, 2007

Woke up at Wally in Paso Robles. Exit 101 at 41. Filled up gas and up the hill to Morro Bay. Camp ground was all full so continued on to Montana de Oro SP. Also full. Stopped by the beach next to it. Took some pictures. Road side stop at Los Osos, found a internet connection. Went through town in Pismo Bay. It was very crowded with tourist and lot of RV next to the ocean side. Stopped and rested across the road from a church. We emptied the gray and filled up with water from the church. Continued past south SLO on 101. Continued on Highway 1 passed thru many small town like Guadalupe and reach Santa Maria. Walked around in a mall. Went to Walmart after a little lost. We stayed for the night.

Trip to L.A. - First Day

Follow 101. Stopped at Gilroy Costco for lunch and shopped for the trip. Also fillup gas even it was almost full. Arrived at Paso Robles in the evening. Parked next to a Red Indian in the parking lot. He wanted to trade some of his stuff for gas money to Santa Maria. I gave him $5 instead. Then we all walked to Walmart for grocery, but didn't find any thing we wanted for dinner. We walked across the street to Albertson for food, we brought New York Steak, pork ribs, salad and soup. We went back to the trailer and started cooking. We stayed there for the night.

Next morning, our first stop was Morro Bay.


Second stop was Montana de Oro SP.



Third stop was Santa Barbara


We also stopped by the beach in Summerland


Fourth stop was in Ventura


Then we arrived Monterey Park sub-urban of LA where I used to live.


On the way back home, we stopped at Henford which had a old China Town.