High point: Stopping off on Route 1 to see hundreds of mammoth elephant seals chillaxing on the beach<\/p>\n
Low point: The temperature<\/p>\n
No point: Putting your foot down, take in the view<\/p>\n
Sleeping under the stars, being at one with nature, telling secrets around the fire; I\u2019m quite a big fan of camping, or I was.\u00a0 Waking up at silly o\u2019clock in the morning freezing cold, despite sleeping in a ski jacket, wooly hat and a four seasons sleeping bag (apparently comfortable at temperatures of \u201315) is not ideal.\u00a0 It took nearly all day for the crew to properly defrost after our night in the Big Sur.\u00a0 Despite the weather, I\u2019d like to say a big thank you to the Big Sur Campground and Cabins for their generous hospitality http:\/\/www.bigsurcamp.com\/<\/a> you guys rock!<\/p>\n.\n<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nHitting the road early it was time to get the FTFE show on the road.\u00a0 Audrey, our documentary producer, has been riding on the \u2018rig\u2019 for the past couple of days to experience life on the road and shoot some raw footage of the crew in action.\u00a0 Filming our every move the boys were loving the attention.\u00a0 I have to say I don\u2019t know how Katie Price does it.<\/p>\nThe beautiful scenery of route 1 blew our minds once again, and with a lot of miles to get under our belt before reaching L.A. We stopped only to check out the colonies of elephant seals and for a quick game of cricket.\u00a0 The elephant seals were like nothing I\u2019ve ever seen before; a cross between monsters and huge alien dogs.\u00a0\u00a0The seals are sexually dimorphic, that is the males are much larger than the females. Females grow to 9-12 feet and weigh between 900-1800 pounds.\u00a0 Males grow to 14-16 feet long and weigh in at 3000-5000 pounds, or more.\u00a0 Watching the females being chased by these massive creatures I did feel quite sorry for them!<\/p>\nAfter the stunning coastal roads of Route 1 getting on the highway was a bit of a shock, especially negotiating the LA traffic.\nFinally reaching our destination 12 hours later FTFE friends Hogg and Brooke had kindly organised a welcome reception at their place.\u00a0 What was on the menu, burgers of course.\u00a0 As a weary crew munched our way through eight burgers, trying not to fall asleep in our dinner, we were all very excited at the prospect of meeting Mickey Mouse the next day.\u00a0 6 o\u2019clock wake up call, we\u2019d best get some much needed shut eye!\nSweet dreams my L.A.X.<\/p>\nAmy<\/p>\n[flickr album=72157626075882132 num=30 size=Square]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High point: Stopping off on Route 1 to see hundreds of mammoth elephant seals chillaxing on the beach Low point: The temperature No point: Putting your foot down, take in the view Sleeping under the stars, being at one with nature, telling secrets around the fire; I\u2019m quite a big fan of camping, or I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expedition-updates","category-stage-7-vancouver-to-phoenix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4902"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5923,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902\/revisions\/5923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
.\n<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nHitting the road early it was time to get the FTFE show on the road.\u00a0 Audrey, our documentary producer, has been riding on the \u2018rig\u2019 for the past couple of days to experience life on the road and shoot some raw footage of the crew in action.\u00a0 Filming our every move the boys were loving the attention.\u00a0 I have to say I don\u2019t know how Katie Price does it.<\/p>\nThe beautiful scenery of route 1 blew our minds once again, and with a lot of miles to get under our belt before reaching L.A. We stopped only to check out the colonies of elephant seals and for a quick game of cricket.\u00a0 The elephant seals were like nothing I\u2019ve ever seen before; a cross between monsters and huge alien dogs.\u00a0\u00a0The seals are sexually dimorphic, that is the males are much larger than the females. Females grow to 9-12 feet and weigh between 900-1800 pounds.\u00a0 Males grow to 14-16 feet long and weigh in at 3000-5000 pounds, or more.\u00a0 Watching the females being chased by these massive creatures I did feel quite sorry for them!<\/p>\nAfter the stunning coastal roads of Route 1 getting on the highway was a bit of a shock, especially negotiating the LA traffic.\nFinally reaching our destination 12 hours later FTFE friends Hogg and Brooke had kindly organised a welcome reception at their place.\u00a0 What was on the menu, burgers of course.\u00a0 As a weary crew munched our way through eight burgers, trying not to fall asleep in our dinner, we were all very excited at the prospect of meeting Mickey Mouse the next day.\u00a0 6 o\u2019clock wake up call, we\u2019d best get some much needed shut eye!\nSweet dreams my L.A.X.<\/p>\nAmy<\/p>\n[flickr album=72157626075882132 num=30 size=Square]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High point: Stopping off on Route 1 to see hundreds of mammoth elephant seals chillaxing on the beach Low point: The temperature No point: Putting your foot down, take in the view Sleeping under the stars, being at one with nature, telling secrets around the fire; I\u2019m quite a big fan of camping, or I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expedition-updates","category-stage-7-vancouver-to-phoenix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4902"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5923,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902\/revisions\/5923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Hitting the road early it was time to get the FTFE show on the road.\u00a0 Audrey, our documentary producer, has been riding on the \u2018rig\u2019 for the past couple of days to experience life on the road and shoot some raw footage of the crew in action.\u00a0 Filming our every move the boys were loving the attention.\u00a0 I have to say I don\u2019t know how Katie Price does it.<\/p>\n
The beautiful scenery of route 1 blew our minds once again, and with a lot of miles to get under our belt before reaching L.A. We stopped only to check out the colonies of elephant seals and for a quick game of cricket.\u00a0 The elephant seals were like nothing I\u2019ve ever seen before; a cross between monsters and huge alien dogs.\u00a0\u00a0The seals are sexually dimorphic, that is the males are much larger than the females. Females grow to 9-12 feet and weigh between 900-1800 pounds.\u00a0 Males grow to 14-16 feet long and weigh in at 3000-5000 pounds, or more.\u00a0 Watching the females being chased by these massive creatures I did feel quite sorry for them!<\/p>\n
After the stunning coastal roads of Route 1 getting on the highway was a bit of a shock, especially negotiating the LA traffic.\nFinally reaching our destination 12 hours later FTFE friends Hogg and Brooke had kindly organised a welcome reception at their place.\u00a0 What was on the menu, burgers of course.\u00a0 As a weary crew munched our way through eight burgers, trying not to fall asleep in our dinner, we were all very excited at the prospect of meeting Mickey Mouse the next day.\u00a0 6 o\u2019clock wake up call, we\u2019d best get some much needed shut eye!\nSweet dreams my L.A.X.<\/p>\n
Amy<\/p>\n
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