It's been awhile again, but I have some more pictures for you from the end of our road trip! We finished off the saga by going through LA to see family and friends. We first went to Riverside to visit with family. Andrew's Aunt and Uncle have a marvelous view from near the top of a hill and recounted stories of how Riverside and the surrounding area has grown over the past decades.
Next we went to Venice Beach, a first for us and our hosts in LA. We saw transformers...
And had a lovely brunch, including my pesto scrambled eggs!
There were lots of artists selling things, and lots of people selling crap, and some funny things such as this sand art. Don't worry, Andrew gave the bucket a dollar so that I could take the picture.
After walking through the artists and a music festival that we found at random, we rented bikes and rode down the beach towards Santa Monica. Unfortunately it was a bit cold and cloudy, so the beaches were actually pretty empty.
We walked out onto the end of the pier and back as well, though we didn't ride the Ferris Wheel.
But we found the end of Route 66!
Here is us on our bikes!
After we left LA, we took a last picture of the car on it's epic road trip, for posterity's sake. For those who didn't know, this is what we drove around for a month in across the country. You can sort of see my plant in the back seat, which we almost fried a couple of times, but I am happy to say it made it to California and is much happier in a window now.
We were very excited to finally cross the Bay Bridge into San Francisco and get a glimpse of the city!
It was a both a sad and happy feeling to have finally arrived, foggy cold and all...
I will do another post soon with some pictures of where we are and some of the sight seeing we have already done!
Next we went to Venice Beach, a first for us and our hosts in LA. We saw transformers...
And had a lovely brunch, including my pesto scrambled eggs!
There were lots of artists selling things, and lots of people selling crap, and some funny things such as this sand art. Don't worry, Andrew gave the bucket a dollar so that I could take the picture.
After walking through the artists and a music festival that we found at random, we rented bikes and rode down the beach towards Santa Monica. Unfortunately it was a bit cold and cloudy, so the beaches were actually pretty empty.
We walked out onto the end of the pier and back as well, though we didn't ride the Ferris Wheel.
But we found the end of Route 66!
Here is us on our bikes!
After we left LA, we took a last picture of the car on it's epic road trip, for posterity's sake. For those who didn't know, this is what we drove around for a month in across the country. You can sort of see my plant in the back seat, which we almost fried a couple of times, but I am happy to say it made it to California and is much happier in a window now.
We were very excited to finally cross the Bay Bridge into San Francisco and get a glimpse of the city!
It was a both a sad and happy feeling to have finally arrived, foggy cold and all...
I will do another post soon with some pictures of where we are and some of the sight seeing we have already done!
You should do more blog posts. I miss you!
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