Day 43 - Hollywood.....and terrible traffic in LA

It's not the end, it's just the end of the begining.

Tomorrow (Saturday) we fly to London to begin Leg 2 of this epic journey.

Today we thought we should try and pack to make sure all the extra things we've bought actually fit into our bags. I am relieved to say they do, just....but it took Emma all morning to achieve our 'packed' status.

While Emma packed I had a whirlwind tour of the local Country Club and managed to squeeze in 3 holes of golf. The golf started well - reasonable drive down the left, decided to go for the 215 yard second shot over water to the Par 5 green. Hit the 5 wood crisply, thought it was looking good for right edge of green....but SPLASH...just short. Sorry Paul for losing you ball!

After packing and golfing it was time for 'sitting in the car' - which seems to be a popular LA past-time. It's so popular in LA that they have built loads of Freeways that have up to 9 lanes in each direction - all so that you can sit in your car and not move, or move slowly and get very, very frustrated. While it's obviously popular in LA we did not really enjoy it. The kids hated it....

Anyway, getting into Hollywood was not too bad. On Paul's advice we headed to the oldest restaurant in LA (started in 1908). It was Philippe's Dipped Sandwich Bar. It was incredibly busy and REALLY GOOD (great tip Paul).

We then started the LA pastime of sitting in traffic....eventually making it to Hollywood so we could have a 30 minute wander around Kodak Theatre etc. and see the 'stars' on the sidewalk. It was pretty hot today, so wandering around was about as much fun as sitting in the traffic.

So back into the car to continue the local pastime of working up road rage.

Almost 2 hours.....many, many arguments and fights with the kids later...we got back to West Covina.

Not our best day.

Good Chinese food though to end the day (thanks again Paul) and the kids are enjoying a final swim in the pool as the Hummingbirds buzz around us.

If you are wondering where Top 10 lists are...read the next post.

Ken