Los Angeles

After we left Guam, Anna and I stopped in Los Angeles to visit with Julie (my sister) for a brief stay. Although we were only there for 26 hours, we managed to see a bit of the city.
Here’s the port outside Julie’s apartment at sunrise when we arrived.

Julie and her boyfriend Michael, share this cute little apartment right on the ocean in San Pedro. The only concerning part is that there used to be more houses closer to the water, but back in the 1930’s there was a landslide that swept them into the sea. So, hopefully, the ground under her apartment is a little more stable! 🙂

Julie is a grade school teacher in Palos Verdes. So, first stop for the day was to see her classroom.

This is Michael, with Anna in Julie’s classroom.

We also wanted to stop down at Venice Beach. Along the way, we came across this very decorated vehicle. Julie said that this car was parked there every day.

We had fun strolling along the walkway on Venice Beach.

It was a beautiful day, and after lunch, everyone decided to catch up on a little sleep.

While they were sleeping I had fun watching all the people walk by…


Then, we headed out to the actual beach. This was over Labor Day, so there were lots of people out.




Of course, we had to stop by Muscle Beach. We had heard so much about it.

Nearby, we also stopped to watch the games being played on the basketball courts made famous in the movie, “White Men Can’t Jump.”

As usual, we found some interesting sights as we walked back.
WARNING, below are a couple pictures that might offend. Please scroll down at your own risk!!!


It seemed that nearly everyone was out doing something athletic. These people were roller dancing.

You can’t tell the motion from these pictures, but he was spinning very rapidly…


This is Julie and Michael as we walked back to the car. Apparently, Julie wanted a ride back… 🙂

A final shot of Venice Beach.

Then, we went inland to get a better look at the world famous icon of Los Angeles.

Although we weren’t dressed for it, we decided to hike up the trail for a better vantage point.


Here’s one of my artistic shots.

This is a view of the downtown Los Angeles skyline along with the Griffith Observatory.



Look at this Hollywood starlet, I found on the top of the hill.





Another artistic shot… 🙂

The nighttime cityscape of Los Angeles again.

So, after our entirely too brief visit in Los Angeles, we had to bid farewell to Julie and Michael. We were off to spend a few short days with our family in Wisconsin. I hadn’t been back to Wisconsin in over 2 years, so I was very excited to go home and see what changed and what stayed the same.
The next post will have images from my 10-year class reunion (I know that totally dates me).
So, until then…
–Jim