So this summer we were lucky enough to travel to California for our summer holidays. I was keen to incorporate some American car culture into our visit and so did a bit of research before we left, of places to go.
We flew to San Francisco for the first part of our journey and had three days to explore. The first picture isn't retro but really summed up what was to come. Allsorts of different cars, of different ages and value everywhere.
Two blocks down from our hotel was a museum come dealership, that only opened on a Tuesday and a Thursday, we were there for neither of those days so I took the pictures through their window one evening.
I believe this car probably had something to do with Elvis Presley, I couldn't quite make out the detail on the information stand but it definitely mentioned his name.
Three days goes quite quickly when you are new to a city and before we knew it, we were heading south to Monterey via Highway One. The premise for staying in Monterey was to go and see the Aquarium (which is very good), but also it is only 10 miles from Laguna Seca, so it would be rude not to stop by. Unfortunately we couldn't be there for a race meeting, but there was a track day being held on the morning we visited.
American tracks days certainly have some interesting cars.
The next stop on the journey was a place called Pismo Beach, just your normal run of the mill seaside American town, but with one exception, they let you drive on the beach and the dunes. All 8 miles of it!
We hired three Quad bikes, read the rules and let rip. I've never really ridden a Quad bike before, especially in such an open space but it was brilliant. Very easy to get stuck and some of the descents were massive. I only got a couple of photos of the action because we were having so much fun, but some of the buggies were mental.
On our travels it surprised me, how many old cars were just hanging around. This is probably because it hardly ever rains, but there were 1960/70's cars everywhere.
More tomorrow, when I've edited the pictures.
We flew to San Francisco for the first part of our journey and had three days to explore. The first picture isn't retro but really summed up what was to come. Allsorts of different cars, of different ages and value everywhere.
Two blocks down from our hotel was a museum come dealership, that only opened on a Tuesday and a Thursday, we were there for neither of those days so I took the pictures through their window one evening.
I believe this car probably had something to do with Elvis Presley, I couldn't quite make out the detail on the information stand but it definitely mentioned his name.
Three days goes quite quickly when you are new to a city and before we knew it, we were heading south to Monterey via Highway One. The premise for staying in Monterey was to go and see the Aquarium (which is very good), but also it is only 10 miles from Laguna Seca, so it would be rude not to stop by. Unfortunately we couldn't be there for a race meeting, but there was a track day being held on the morning we visited.
American tracks days certainly have some interesting cars.
The next stop on the journey was a place called Pismo Beach, just your normal run of the mill seaside American town, but with one exception, they let you drive on the beach and the dunes. All 8 miles of it!
We hired three Quad bikes, read the rules and let rip. I've never really ridden a Quad bike before, especially in such an open space but it was brilliant. Very easy to get stuck and some of the descents were massive. I only got a couple of photos of the action because we were having so much fun, but some of the buggies were mental.
On our travels it surprised me, how many old cars were just hanging around. This is probably because it hardly ever rains, but there were 1960/70's cars everywhere.
More tomorrow, when I've edited the pictures.
