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| The United States of America flag |
On July 4th, we headed into Los Angeles from Santa Barbara. The plan, which worked out perfectly was that we would me up with Juanita's friend Dale, and he would take us to his friend's house where we would be staying until Sunday.
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| Los Angeles Times |
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| Walt Disney Concert Hall |
We arrived in LA on schedule for mid-morning, and got settled in at our host's before heading out on a guided tour by Dale. His mom, sister, and a friend came along, and we headed into downtown LA, where I was very happily surprised to find that there was basically no traffic on the streets. To the point where we barely had to look before crossing the street.
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| Rose Fountain |
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| Walt Disney Hall Community Park |
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| Union Station, Los Angeles |
We wandered to Olvera Street for a late lunch, and then got on the subway for one stop to get back to downtown where we had parked. We wandered past the Walt Disney Concert Hall and admired the rose fountain there before heading out to Hollywood.
After supper, we met the rest of Dale's family and watched the Independence Day fireworks.
It was a fun, exhausting day, and being someone who doesn't like crowds of people, I highly recommend touring LA on a summer statutory holiday; it seems as though the locals abandon the city for the beach.
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| Rodeo Drive |
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| Sunset Blvd |
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| Tourist lookout for Hollywood sign |
Also, if at all possible, get someone local to take you around so that you don't get stuck looking at the Hollywood sign from miles away like the rest of the tourists who don't know any better than to follow the signs.
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| Hanging out at the entrance to the trail |
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| ...which we were absolutely supposed to be on... |
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| Hollywood, Los Angeles |
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| Sun setting behind palm trees |
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| Happy Independence Day! |
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