Been hard to get to this, still trying to get caught up AND we've really been doing a lot of extra fun things lately that we don't normally do -- so some things just keep getting pushed aside.
But here you go. We absolutely had a fantastic time on this trip and wanted to share are adventure.
THE DETAILS
Saturday - September 11
* Leave Houston at noon and arrive in Los Angeles at 2:30pm. Spent our waiting time at the airport doing the Pizza Zone schedule for the next week. We got the whole thing done before we boarded -- so now we can have fun for 4 days and not have to worry about getting the schedule done! The weather when we left Houston...104 degrees - the weather when we arrived in Los Angles....63 degrees!
* First stop rental car -- Paul negotiates with the rental car company to upgrade our car to a Dodge Challenger -- it works! We love this car and this is the next one that we are talking about getting -- although, I'm having a hard time thinking about giving up the Mustang
This is Paul talking on the cell phone to Pizza Zone.......again! (Guess whose having to pump that gas?)
* Check in at the Portofino Yacht Club in Redondo Beach -- amazing place. The hotel had the ocean on once side and yacht harbor on the other. They had bicycles available to ride down the beach boardwalk -- which was at least 20 miles. Too bad we never had the opportunity to do that -- it sounded like fun.
* First day is spent walking around hotel, found a fantastic vegetarian organic restaurant and had our first taste of Organic Beer. The first evening was spent taking a car ride to Santa Monica Pier. Interesting fact: did you know that the Santa Monica Pier is both the beginning or the end of Route 66?
* Dinner tonight was -- of course pizza! Very different and interesting pizzas we tried, and actually Arugula on a pizza is very different indeed! Very late dinner (10pm -- so restaurant selection is very limited)
Wait until you see what day 2 of our California adventure included!
