Sight Seeing

Today we were complete tourists!  We started out going to the California Science Center to see Space Shuttle Endeavor.  Doug totally geeked out, as were the rest of us!!!  They had capsules for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Missions there as well, along with a real external fuel tank for the shuttle, the last on in assistance.  They plan to build an exhibit over the next 3 years to house the complete shuttle in it's launch position.

After we left there we were all very hungry so we  drove to LA  and ate at El Cholo.  They had the most amazing Mexican food I have ever had.  The manager was surprised to hear that we were traveling from Maryland, and sent us complimentary table made guacamole.  It was so good!

Once we stuffed ourselves, we drove to see the Hollywood sign.  It was not fun traveling up the twisty, turney, narrow streets to get a good view.  I feel really bad for those people who live there, they have tourists all day long trying to navigate through their neighborhood to get a picture of the sign (like us, and the many others we saw doing the same thing).

Then we drove to the Hollywood Walk of fame, past the  Mann's Chinese Theater, through Beverly Hills, and ended up at Venice Beach.  That is where Doug finally got to put his feet in the Pacific Ocean,  Something he has wanted to do since he was 14 years old, when his family came out west but ran out of time.  He even filled a bottle of sand to bring home with us.  I am sure I can figure out something crafty to make for him.    I will say that it was cool being in the Pacific Ocean (especially since just 2 months ago we were in the Atlantic Ocean), but in my opinion, Ocean City is nicer than Venice Beach. It is cleaner and has a much better atmosphere.  Driving in LA is NOT fun at all either, too many aggressive drivers who have no idea how to use a  turn signal or obey traffic lights.  I would not want to drive through the city in a Suburban again if I did not have too.

Once the sun had set we headed back to the camper.  We made a stop at a Walmart to re-stock so we can head to our next destination tomorrow.

I am exhausted, and the camera is in the car so I will post pictures tomorrow or whenever we have good WiFi.