The glitz and glamour of L.A.

We arrived a bit late at Pastor Pauls' a bit late due to our ever-helpful GPS, so Saturday didn't start very early for us. It worked out pretty well because our main goal for the day was to just take in a few sights around the big city. Pastor Paul took us on a ride from his house in Bellflower across town to Hollywood and Beverly Hills. On the way we passed fairly close to the downtown area:


Once to Hollywood we walked around a bit to see who we could spot on the walk of fame. Jim Backus was one of the few stars that the kids recognized, and that was only because we had recently rented a DVD with a bunch of Gilligans' Island episodes. Overall, we were not impressed with Hollywood proper. It seemed pretty old and dirty to us. Definitely not a place that should be a tourist draw. We didn't do any of the studio tours or things like that, so I'm not sure if that would change my attitude toward the area.

We had to work at getting a good picture of the sign as the day was quite overcast. Normally you can see the sign from a long ways away, but on this day we had to find a road that would get us a bit closer.

There was a bit of activity outside the Kodak Theater. There were several people in costumes just hanging out and entertaining the people.

Of course, we couldn't get this close to Beverly Hills without taking a quick tour past Rodeo Drive. No, we didn't stop and go shopping....

We finished off the day with a trip to the ice cream shop. It was a nice low-key day that we used to de-stress after the late night run to L.A.