Sunday, August 7, 2016

Day 11, Yosemite

Today we drove from Visalia to Yosemite. Yosemite was very nice, we opted not to hike to the falls with Danny, so we drove around and enjoyed the scenery.
After we visited Yosemite, we drove to San Francisco. We drove over the Golden Gate Bridge, took some pics of Alcatraz, and stopped for dinner. Then we headed to Manchester. However,
 Google maps thought the treacherous, winding Mountain View Road 
to was a good choice. Map Fail,Google! Map Fail! 

Cullen near a small river at Yosemite

Yosemite



















San Francisco

Goodyear Blimp

Alcatraz, we wanted to take the tour, but it was a 2 month wait :(

The map to Manchester...

The mountain road we actually traveled.


The certificate we received for traveling said treacherous mountain road...




















Tuesday, August 2, 2016

California Day 9 & 10

 After visiting the Santa Monica Pier (last night) we stayed at the Wilshire Motel. It was a cute little condo/apt type place.

We got up the next day(day 9) and took to the streets of LA. We went to Sunset Blvd. Kyle, Danny, and I went to the Guinness Book of World Records. Dan, Megan, Bryn, and Cullen went to the Wax Museum. On the way we checked out all the Stars on The Walk of Fame. Then we went up to the observatory to see the Hollywood sign. We stopped at the park so Kyle could shoot some hoops. We drove through Beverly Hills on the way back to the pier. We saw Rodeo Drive and The Beverly Hills Hotel from Beverly Hills Cop.We ended our day back at The Pier for some swimming. After swimming we drove past the Urban Lights on the way to the La Brea Inn in Hollywood. In the morning (Day 10) we got some nitrogen filled ice cream and drove to the Visalia KOA to just hang out the rest of the evening.

Wilshire Motel

LA

Driving into LA

Echo Park

Love the Palm trees!

Hollywood Stars Walk of Fame

Hollywood Sign

Kyle trying to break the record...

Not bad, the record is 5.09 seconds


The Beverly Hills Hotel

My girl

Kyle playing ball at Poinsettia Park

My babies at the park

Getting some energy out

Love these flowers





Cullen showing Danny how it's done!

Back to the Pier



Thinking of Grandpa

The vertigo inducing walk to the Pier







Sorry Cullen, you cant swim with this one!

It's a little cold!





Bryn decided to stay warm.



Bryn posing with the lamp post 

The Urban Lights are mesmerizing 

Hold on mom, I have to snapchat, twitter...



Pretty Cool

La Brea Inn

Liquid Nitrogen filled ice cream from the Chocolate Chair

Smoke from the Nitrogen

Halo Oranges near Bakersfield, CA

Visalia, CA Koa

Our Travels to Visalia, CA