We set off on Wednesday to another long drive.  Our destination was Phelan, a small town where Kase had a friend that we were staying with.  We passed the Cabazon dinosaurs in route, so they demanded a stop.  We took it easy that night…had a little bonfire outside. 

On Thursday the plans were minimal, but it turned out to be a great day.  We drove into Santa Monica and went to the Getty Center, but our cultural radar wasn’t on too high.  We looked at exhibits for about and hour and took in the view for longer.  If you haven’t seen the grounds and view from the top of this hill, you need to put it on your list.

As an avid mapreader, I realized that Sunset Boulevard would take us to the beach.   Sure enough we traveled down the especially windy road that eventually lead us to the beach.  We frolicked for quite a while.  We all ended up more sandy and wet than we intended.  My attempt to be like Ariel ended up with me needing new shorts. 

We then traveled down to the Santa Monica Pier.  I got the lime green shorts that I have needed in my closet for so long.  We cruised the pier for a while, stood at the end and watched some crazy fishing, while being serenaded by some cheesy love songs.  This ended in another jaunt at the beach.  Rueben chose to swim.  The girls opted out because of the frigid water.  Kasey and I realized that we must start talking to ourselves to be the norm in the area. 

Our day ended in an accidental drive through Beverly Hills and a trip down Sunset Strip.  Our goal was to find that Hollywood sign and it’s luck that Kasey looked to the left when she did.  We began to head up into a crazy residential area to try and get a good shot.  Yes, we got one despite the fact that dusk left it blurry.

Yesterday we took the morning lightly and ate breakfast at noon.  We then set out for LA to hang out with another friend.  He showed us some staple LA sites including Kodak theatre and Grauman's Chinese Theater.  My day was made Julie Andrews’ prints. Kase was a bigger fan of Brad Pitt.  We ate lunch at Pink’s, a hot dog stand that I have seen on Food network time and time again.  We spent the night in Ventura, in a great room that we spent too much on.  Kasey is sleeping, once again, but this time it’s about 10:30 and check out time is at 11…we must get a move on soon.