Piss Poor Preperation

Saturday June 25th 2011 Las Vegas To Coronado 332 (Plus) Miles

Today was the longest drive of the trip. We managed to get packed and check out of the Trump early so we could get a good start, lucky that we did after what followed.

The drive should have been approximately 340 miles to Coronado and fairly straight forward. We followed the directions that I had printed out in England and ended up outside somebody's bungalow! I had entered the right street address but wrongly assumed that Coronado would be part of San Diego. 

Having been to both before I really should have trusted my instincts when we got to San Diego and took the road over the aptly named Coronado Bridge rather than heading into the city!

After at least an hour or so of driving, getting stuck in traffic, getting lost, asking directions, getting lost again, asking more directions and then losing my temper we stopped for an ice cream by the bay which cooled us both down! 

We eventually did end up at the right address, the Loews Coronado Bay Resort. Although the hotel was little bit isolated it had great views of San Diego. I found the place a little bit snobby in an American kind of a way if I'm honest and I wasn’t happy that they didn’t have wifi in the rooms. They also wanted to charge us $10 a day for an in-room fridge (I put the ice machine in the hall to good use during our stay, tight arse that I am). After all the driving and excursions of the day we had dinner in the restaurant and chilled out for the evening.

Coronado

Some like it hot

At last!

Improvisation, a bathroom sink and an ice machine!

Firework by Katy Perry - I had heard this a couple of times before on our trip and it was on the radio soon after leaving Las Vegas.

Breakeven by The Script - Another one heard on the radio.

Ghost Town by The Specials - We actually passed a place called Ghost Town!

More Than A Woman by Tavares, Forget Me Not’s by Patrice Rushen and Have You Seen Her by The Chi-Lites - We had tuned into an “old school” radio station when we were lost in San Diego and they played these three songs.
Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen - "I took a wrong turn and I just kept going"