Vacation update #2

Well, we've been in Los Angeles for a couple of days now. Yesterday we spent the day exploring Hollywood and the surrounding area. This time we saw the Hollywood sign!! Unfortunately there was no movie stars waiting to greet us during our walk down Rodeo drive. We saw lots of beautiful jewellery and clothing. Try as I might, I couldn't convince Teresa to buy the $25,000 gown that matched her eyes....

We went to the Pier in Santa Monica last night and watched the sunset. We were able to see some dolphins while we were there. It really was quite exciting to see them. For dinner we went to Micro brewery in San Pedro. The food was great and the boys sure enjoyed the beer samplers. We also found a terrific place for breakfast... If you can believe it, they have over 80 items on their breakfast menu!! You'll have to ask us about the "quickie", Pecan and Banana French toast and Quesideas... they were awesome.

Today we were up bright and early to catch the ferry to Catalina Island. Our first impressesion as we approached the island was that they could have filmed Jurassic Park on it. What a beautiful island. The homes make you feel like you are in Greece. They have a huge Hotel resort built into the side of the mountain. We took a trolly car up the mountain and spent an hour exploring the botanical gardens. There was a large variety of cactus there and many of them were in bloom.

We saw Starfish along the Pier and Sea Otters playing in the water. Dolphins swam behind our ferry as we went to the Island. The weather was beautiful. We are all sporting red noses and a healthy glow.

Tonight we're going to enjoy the hot tub. We've walked for miles and are getting our exercise. We even went to the gym yesterday to keep those extra pounds from adding up.

Tomorrow we're heading south to Huntington Beach. We modified our agenda slightly to co-incide are plans with the best weather. We plan to see the surfers at Huntington and then work our way up to Venice Beach. Ralph and Lawrence want to work out at Musclemen Beach for an hour or so....we'll be sure to take pictures...

On Friday, we're heading north for Pacific Grove and the Carmel/Monterrey area. Stay tuned for further updates.