We headed out of Barstow on our last leg of the trip with the car still purring like a kitten (or our fat black and white buddy back home). Here we are on a stop at Elmer's Bottle Tree Farm.
From what we could tell, this is Elmer's house and yard that he lets people wander around. It is folk art at its best - each "tree" is uniquely designed with something different on top and different arrangements of bottles and glass insulators. Ryan was soaking up ideas to use in our backyard.
See if you can spot me hiding in the trees!
Then we started the long crawl into LA and Santa Monica. It was actually interesting taking in all of the shops and the urban life - not the same kind of suburban sprawl that you get entering some of the other larger cities along 66.
Getting close!
And here it is! A bit anti-climactic - no fireworks or parades. Just the corner of Lincoln Blvd and Olympic St. in Santa Monica, CA. We drove through, took some pictures and headed to our hotel.
The Bayside Hotel - actually a really good deal. The room was pretty cheap and really nice, overlooking the ocean. We even had a little kitchen.
Here's Ryan getting ready to longboard on the boardwalk as we explored a bit of the town and got a bite to eat at Cha Cha Chicken.
Awesome sunset over the ocean - the sun goes down so fast. We walked across the beach and watched it slip away.
Walking around down by the pier at night.
Dinner at Chez Jay - a TINY place that felt kind of like eating in the hull of a ship - open since 1949. They had a bunch of magazine articles up about the various celebrities that eat there - no one famous while we were there though.l The seafood was smothered in too much sauce, but the steak was excellent.
From what we could tell, this is Elmer's house and yard that he lets people wander around. It is folk art at its best - each "tree" is uniquely designed with something different on top and different arrangements of bottles and glass insulators. Ryan was soaking up ideas to use in our backyard.
Then we started the long crawl into LA and Santa Monica. It was actually interesting taking in all of the shops and the urban life - not the same kind of suburban sprawl that you get entering some of the other larger cities along 66.
Getting close!
And here it is! A bit anti-climactic - no fireworks or parades. Just the corner of Lincoln Blvd and Olympic St. in Santa Monica, CA. We drove through, took some pictures and headed to our hotel.
The Bayside Hotel - actually a really good deal. The room was pretty cheap and really nice, overlooking the ocean. We even had a little kitchen.
Awesome sunset over the ocean - the sun goes down so fast. We walked across the beach and watched it slip away.
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