Day 2 in LA

We were tourists/beachbums for day 2 in L.A. In the morning we went to the Le Brea Tar Pits. It was pretty interesting. There is a lot to see outside of the museum. We saw the main tar pit lake and a few smaller sights, as well as an area they had open for a dig. It had bones still in the ground and you could see them from the viewing area. With just a few minutes left on our meter we tried to cut through an area where the museums were that had been opened earlier when we passed. This time it looked like they were setting up for a party and had a gate closing off this large open area. Our car was literally right across the street so I walked up to some people and asked if we could just walk through to the car, the gate was open, no party started, and car was in sight. She was a little high and mighty museum employee who told me straight away that it would be tresspassing if we walked through the area. Give me a break. I of course gave my best sarcastic answer back of Thanks a lot for all your help. The people in L.A have not been very nice. So we walked as quickly as we could around these buildings of museums and tried to get back to the car before a ticket, and of course ended up right on the other side of the fence when we crossed the street to the car.
After that we were irritated and hot but we had to see the Hollywood Sign before we went to the beach. It was pretty fun, we drove a little ways up into the Hollywood Hills, the streets are so narrow and houses are on top of each other.
To the Beach! We spent the rest of the afternoon at the Santa Monica Beach and played in the ocean. The only problem here was the sunscreen fell out of the beachbag so fried skin for us after a few hours at the beach. The waves were really fun to play in and we tried to body surf them. I love the ocean.
We had dinner at Le Cordon Bleu Techniques Restaurant. Besides the traffic getting from Santa Monica to Pasedena at rush hour, about 20 miles took almost 1.5 hours, it was a great idea. I would recommend the school restaurant to anyone in the area. $15 for a 5 course meal, that is great! We were stuffed by the time we left. Now I know why they serve small portions at fancy restaurants were you get several courses, because you couldn't eat it all! This was also when we met up with Pamela, Emily, and Camile, and their friend Sue. It was wonderful to see the family and spend time with them.
After we were finished indulging Billy and I had to go back to Hollywood and see the stars and handprints by the theaters. It was an adventure getting to a parking spot but we found one on a side street so close to where we needed to be. We walked up and down the side walks looking at the names on the stars and found the handprints by the Chinese Theater. We did not get the honor to see any stars during our stay in LA.