The Disney Hangover

Monday, June 6th – Angeles Mountains, Los Angeles, California - Day 116

We were absolutely exhausted from the night before. We didn’t get to sleep until well after 2am. Gen and I slept in while the kids ran rampant. We had plans to tour around LA but they were delayed by a very lazy morning.

We got up and headed for Hollywood and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. When we arrived, all the kids were asleep. Gen and I took turns wandering up the street looking at the stars. Most notable were Michael Jackson, John Wayne, and Charlton Heston. We could have walked more but we didn’t. Gen ended up grabbing some groceries from a convenient Trader Joes. We then took a drive along Hollywood Boulevard. I wasn’t impressed by Hollywood; it all seemed a bit dingy.

We wanted to see the Hollywood sign and set some directions that ended up taking us back to Griffiths Observatory. Normally you can see the Hollywood sign from Hollywood, but the road we had to take was blocked off. An observatory parking attendant gave us some advice on where to see the sign. We put it into google and it took us to the wrong place. We gave up, changed destinations and decided to find a pool. The kids take mentions of pools very seriously and we had been mentioning it lately.

Fifteen minutes later we were at the Echo Park pool. Interestingly, they had a locker room attendant to take care of your valuables. We followed a refreshing swim with dinner in the parking lot. With no motivation to drive around looking at more sites, we headed back to the mountains. I picked up some Wingstop wings on the way and we did some light shopping. Time for an early night.

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