Driving from Chicago to LA, more than 2,000 miles all the way, we made it last night, July 12, to the Pacific Ocean.
Driving into LA on Route 66 was not as much of a nightmare as I had imagined it might be. Actually the traffic moved very smoothly past the Hollywood sign on the hill and past Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. We never thought the Pacific would come into view, but there it was and we almost dead ended into the Santa Monica Pier. After a hilarous bout with parking the car (remember we almost never made it out of Chicago's parking garage) we opened the champagne and ran to the railing on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. We did not linger because the temperature was around sixty degrees. That morning in Las Vegas the temp was around 106.
We found Joy's niece, Marcy Walton, easily. Marcy is a freelance producer and works on shows such as Extreme Makeover, Home Edition. She's currently working on a food show with TLC. She regaled us with stories about life in LA over a Sushi dinner in Santa Monica. However, her passion lies in a documentary she is currently making on Maoist conflict in Nepal and how it is affecting displaced children in that country. More than 200,000 children have been displaced because of this conflict.
We are spending a few days at Marcy's recovering before heading up the coast highway to Portland. John, Joy's husband, flies into LA this morning. Both daughters have now left the trip.
Things will change today, but that just makes it more exciting. I'll post again when we hit the road, this time going north.
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