It's always sunny in California

Just because the road trip is over doesn’t mean I’m going to stop writing in the blog.  I know I was very slack about completing my entries on time…but it’s hard when you spend the majority of your time in the car with zero access to internet.  Anyway, I have a couple days to experience California for the first time so I’ll continue to share this with all of you.

My first day in Cali was filled with sunshine, good company, and delicious food (merci à moi).  For some reason Cali has lured in a few CT renegades – the lack of humidity, expanse of mountains and beaches and access to a city larger than New Haven may have something to do with it.

CT Invasion

I drove through the small town where Claremont College is located, Claremont Village.  It was very cute and pleasant.

We spent the rest of the day in CJ’s new backyard, equipped with a pool and built in hot tub

a barbecue (the veggie kebabs didn’t come with it – they were courtesy of yours truly



and the perfect set up for Polish Horseshoes.














We also had our doggy friends over to enjoy this relaxing day with us.

Lilly

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I forgot to mention we were celebrating the birth of our fellow Connecticut friend and CJ’s new house mate – Sir Jonathon Bone.  Well, it wasn’t technically his birthday but those are just details anyway.

Our aggressive two tiered ice cream cake

After a long day of bbq-ing, swimming and polish horse shoes we retired for the night – so did Lilly.

Cutest dog EVER

My second and last day (sadly) was spent on a high speed tour through LA, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica.  My doctor-to-be sister (Gabe) and her doctor-to-be friend (Fran) were my tour guides, and Lilly came along for the ride!

We started in Pomona at Gabe’s school with a lovely view of the San Gabriel Mountains

Once in LA, we drove along Hollywood Boulevard towards Runyon Canyon where we got some mid-day, scorching hot exercise hiking up a mountain to see the Hollywood sign.

Dr.'s Gabe and Fran

Run up this if you want a work out

LA skyline

HOLLYWOOD!

Tree head massage!

We continued down Santa Monica Blvd into Beverly Hills, which aside from really rich things, they also had a really cool looking tree.





















Before doing our brisk walk at the top of Santa Monica beach, we strolled down Third Street Promenade to get some lunch

In order to avoid LA traffic, our time was limited, so I was only able to snap some shots of the beach from afar.

We made our way to Venice beach, which was definitely a beachy, American version of Camden Town in London







The actual beach was lovely! 
















It was here at Venice Beach where I was able to slip my bare feet into the Pacific ocean for the first time EVER!

What a glorious day!

Me enjoying the Pacific waters