The road from Pismo Beach to Los Angeles was not as spectacular as the first section. We drove an hour and a half to Santa Barbara. This was a stunningly beautiful town and we spent over an hour chilling at a cafe on the beach before heading off on the last section of Route 1.

The road was a long and hot one to Longbeach, the traffic was some of the worst congestion I have seen, with five lanes on each side of the freeway crawling at a snails pace for over an hour!

We arrived at the Queen Mary feeling rather hot and flustered, but soon chilled with a glass of wine and a lovely meal.

We were up bright and early (4.15 ) to drive to the airport for our flight out to Cortez, Colerado. The first flight was uneventful to Denver and then we caught a tiny 'propeller' plane to Cortez; this was really bumpy but had some spectacular views!! Tomorrow will be an early start to drive out to Mesa Verde!