The evening of January 31st found us in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, CA where we stayed with my parents. Here we were also able to see my son Michael and sister Caroline and her husband Kurt. Catching up over dinners were the main events. Days were spent trying to get Michael's car fixed. The 2-1/2 days in the Valley flew by as we were now scheduled to stay with StoneRidge Guy's parents in Glendale, CA.
Dinner on February 2nd begins our stay with Val & Carlos. Wednesday it was lunch, a movie and dinner at their favorite steak house. Here we were also joined by the twins Casey & Ryan.
Our real adventure started the following day as Val booked reservations for lunch at the Getty Center. We had to take the 405 freeway hoping that we would miss the morning rush hour.
It was actually pretty smooth sailing most of the way there. These are sites were are very happy to not see again.
Maggie has been with us every stop along the way and has never been a problem. Forgetting we were in California, we were advised by the parking attendant of the Getty that dogs were not allowed to be kept in the car. (Even though we would be parked underground in 60 degree temps). They refunded our money to park and we were off trying to find a place to park the car. It was an impossible task as any street close enough to walk to the Getty had restricted parking. We were tempted to park and call a cab when I spotted a dog grooming place at the next corner. Problem solved! They were able to take Maggie and keep her for the 3-4 hours needed for us to take our tour and have lunch and she would be all cleaned up when we picked her up.
Back to the Getty we went to begin our day. For the 6 years that I worked at Lithographix, The Getty Center was one of the accounts that I worked. I could tell you everything that was going on there, but I never did go to see it... until now.
Unfortunately, it was cloudy so the views were not as pretty as I know they can be.
We took the garden tour.
Our few hours spent here just isn't enough to take in everything there is to see here. But if you have a day in Los Angeles with nothing to do, I would highly recommend the Getty Center.
Friday took us further south to our old stomping grounds, San Pedro. There we stayed with old neighbors and great friends Bill and Jeanette. Steve and Bill went to Temecula to play golf while Jeanette and I got rained on all day. Sunday was the SuperBowl and Bill set out quite a spread. Just hanging out and spending time with our friends was so great. Our trips down south just don't give us enough time to spend with everyone.
Monday came much too quickly and we were off to Arizona.
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