Tuesday, June 30, 2009










We have been 3274 miles since we left home.





After our Disney fun Friday night we headed north to the big citySaturdaymorning.




If you want graffiti, LA has it.




LA downtown.





I figured Hollywood on a Saturday morning should be pretty tame, but it was a zoo of Michael Jackson fans and other weirdos.

I also thought traffic would not be bad.........oh well.








Hollywood Boulevard.










We saw Edward Sissorhands, Elvis, Maylin Monroe, Jason (the guy in the mask), Indiana Jones, and Darth Vader.





The walk of fame was fun.




We rode down Sunset Blvd to Santa Monica Blvd. We drove through Bevery Hills (no Jed in sight) and Rodeo Drive and we ended up at the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica.



This was later in the evening on the Santa Monica Pier.
Standing in the Pacific, it was cold!!!! Like going to a North Carolina beach in late November.






The next morning we drove up the Pacific Coast Hwy. and stopped for a swim, well it was so cold even the kids didn't get all the way in.











The locals call it the "June Gloom" when the inland heat draws the fog from offshore onto the beach. There was a mountain about a half mile off the beach but we didn't see it for an hour.
We continued up to Monterey Bay but it was so foggy that we could not see any scenery.





Monday morning was spent at the Monterey Aquiarium, it was awsome.













We had lunch at this place....delicious!














Then we drove back down the PCH to see some of the stuff we missed in the fog the day before.















Words and pictures can't convey how beautiful this area is.


































Its hard to tell. but this was about a 400 foot drop from where we spent the night to the ocean.














We are now about 15 miles south of San Francisco waitting for rush hour to end.
I will post more on the last couple days, I have skipped over a lot.


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