Much to Danny’s disgust we had to negotiate the madness of
the LA traffic to weave our way back to the Griffith Observatory after checking
out. We arrived at about 11:00 and the parking was still a challenge; it would
appear that there was no special event occurring yesterday that caused the mass
accumulation of vehicles wanting to park here. We managed to get a space near
the top of the hill today and then walked the rest of the way up to the
observatory. We spent some time walking around the building and taking in the
views of the multitude of districts that make up this mega city. The only
downside to these impressive vistas is the shroud of smog that blankets the
entire place; the views would be much more impressive if you could just get a
huge vacuum cleaner to just suck it all away!
Then we had to make the 4 hour journey along about 200 miles
of road that would take us to Morro Bay which would be our stop for the night.
Thankfully the traffic on this trip was nowhere near as bad as yesterday’s and
we arrived when we should.
This is when we checked in to the Motel 6 chain of roadside
accommodation that we’d discovered after some online browsing last night. We
were prepared for the worst: paper thin walls, dirty sheets, next to no
facilities etc etc especially with some of the lowest prices we’ve seen so far
on our travels through the US ($46 per room.) Instead we were thrilled to see
that we had a rather spacious air-conditioned room with: bathroom, TV, queen
size bed, and brick walls! It would also appear that most of the Motel 6 places
have undergone renovations with all their rooms so should all be up to a
similar standard. We couldn’t believe it, especially for the price, and made a
mental note to try and get M6’s wherever possible en-route to San Francisco.
We walked a mile or so to the harbour where we found a
lovely fish and chip restaurant for our tea before making our way back to our
cosy bed and its clean sheets!
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