Seeing the sights around LA then down to San Diego

Today was planned as a much more relaxed day for us. The only thing that was scheduled was our campsite in a county park near San Diego at the end of the day. So we slept in, packed up and basically drove around LA most of the day in our nice air conditioned truck.

We did have to fill a prescription, since our insurance company would not let us fill it early before we left. The Walgreen's near us in LA did not have it in stock but called and said another one in a different area might. So we called to confirm and they told us that they couldn't tell us if the prescription was in stock over the phone, hence our first stop was at this Walgreen's. Once I went in and showed them the actual prescription, they told us that they couldn't fill it because it was not written by a doctor in California. Sheesh! Good thing it's not a life-saving one or we would have had to go to an Urgent Care to get a new prescription.

After that wild goose chase, we drove to Beverly Hills to have a look around. None of us wanted to get out of the vehicle because this:

So we happily drove past the Chinese Theater and saw the stars in the sidewalk. Definitely a tourist trap area too. 

We finally saw Mickey Mouse though. We didn't see him at all in Disneyland (though the boys didn't seem to mind). 

There were homeless people on many corners, especially the tourist areas. They always sit in the sun. I wonder what their stories are and how they ended up in such desperate situations. So sad.

And then we were in the opposite end of the financial spectrum. Rodeo Drive. I used the Zillow app to look at home prices and they ranged from 15-20 million dollars. The cars on the streets changed too. Jeff was checking out all the people at the stop lights, looking for celebrities,  while I was ogling all the gorgeous houses because I wouldn't recognize a celebrity if the person came up and told me who they were!

We drove up and down Rodeo Drive where Julia Roberts shopped in Pretty Woman. I'm glad that we didn't even consider getting out and "shopping". I wasn't dressed in nice enough clothes (I don't even own nice enough clothes) to even walk down this street! 

Before we left LA, we also took some time to drive past locations that were used in shows and movies that we liked.

Jeff watches Sons of Anarchy and this is the gate to Teller-Morrow.

We both were excited to find the Walsh's from 90210.

Jeff found the Troubadour's, the place where the Eagle's got together.

And lastly, the house from It's a Wonderful Life.

We made our way down to San Diego and set up our campsite just as the last light of day was fading. I grabbed some pictures of the palm trees by our site with the sunset in the background. Did I say that I just love palm trees? They are fascinating!

Before we crashed for the night, the kids played with their light up swords that they chose for their trip souvenir. They got them at Disney but there wasn't enough room in the hotel room to properly duel with them.

Even though we basically drove around all day, we were exhausted!