USA 2007 trip report

[UK]

Day 18 Last day of the road trip although not the last day of the holiday. Today was a slog down the coast to Los Angeles and Disneyland stopping only briefly for lunch. The LA traffic was heavy and it took the best part of two hours to get from the outskirts of LA across to Disneyland. Having dropped everybody off at Disney I had to drive back across LA to the airport to drop the van off. We had been unable to get the van we wanted to pick up at Vegas and drop off near Disney.

The last time I had driven in LA was on our very first fly drive back in 1990. The constant re-telling of the story about how bad the traffic was by the other (none driving) members of that particular trip had made the drive seem nightmare-ish in my mind and I actually advised people not to drive in LA when I wrote my website in the late 1990’s
http://www.uk-2-usa.com/California/losangeles.html

Not having any choice this time I undertook the solo drive to the airport across LA with some trepidation. However, it was absolutely fine, heavy traffic is heavy traffic where ever you come across it and it quickly became clear to me that the collective memory of the 1990 trip was a false one. I will have to go back and update that particular web page.

Dropping the van off, I got the bus back to the airport and then caught a shuttle bus from the airport back to Disney.A few days in Disney before catching the flight home rounded off another memorable USA trip. Once again many thanks to those on these boards who helped with the planning.

UK

[Mark Sedenquist]

Day 18 Last day of the road trip-- I undertook the solo drive to the airport across LA with some trepidation. However, it was absolutely fine, heavy traffic is heavy traffic where ever you come across it and it quickly became clear to me that the collective memory of the 1990 trip was a false one.

Glad to hear that the boogey man of traffic was a no-show. Enjoyed this year's report -- looking forward to your next one.

Mark