Out West - Days 38 & 39

Friday, October 10, Day 38 - we finally made it to LA!

From the Malibu Beach RV Park, we drove the few miles down the Pacific Coast Highway to Pacific Palisades, where Chad and Lauren are living. We arrived around noon and got the motor home unloaded, then we parked it up the road from the house at 16883 Avenida de Santa Ynez. We will be spending the next two nights here, as there are no sites available at any of the RV parks in the area this weekend. We spent the afternoon cruising around with Chad and Lauren, seeing some of the sights. We had lunch at a little bistro called "Toast", which was very nice. In the evening, we had dinner with Cindy and Neil Goldstein, Lauren's mom and step-dad, at their home, which is where Chad and Lauren are living. Chad cooked a delicious seafood pasta, with shrimp, scallops and mussels over spaghetti and we sat around just getting to know each other and enjoying the company.

Saturday, October 11, Day 39 - in LA. Today was dog-grooming day. We had made an appointment to bring the dogs in to have them clipped and bathed here in Santa Monica, and they really needed it! We dropped them off at 9AM - Kathy was not happy about the grooming salon, since it was at the back of a Pet Store, which brought back memories of their "Happy Tails to You" days in Beverly. We were told that they would call us when the dogs were ready, so we left them there and found a neat place for breakfast, Cafe 50's, in LA. Then, we met Chad and followed him to the Health Club where Lauren was working, to bring her coffee and tour the facility. Then, we were heading out to scout ut where we would be moving the motor home to on Sunday afternoon, but the groomer called and said that the dogs were ready o be picked up, so we turned around and went back to the Pet Shop to get them. They had only been there for two hours, but we figured that would be long enough!

From there, we dropped the dogs off at the motor home, then headed back to Santa Monica for lunch at a "Boston Sports Bar" Chad found, called Sonny McLean's Irish Pub. Everything in the place is Boston sports-related, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins and Celtics. We had a great lunch and a couple of beers (Sam Adams October). After lunch, we headed back to the house so we could get ready to watch the Red Sox game.

Be sure to tune in for tomorrow's entry, as we will be doing more sightseeing in the area with Lauren and Chad.

Here's the link to the web album for Days 38 and 39:

http://picasaweb.google.com/cbenoitiii/TheTripInLosAngelesDays3839?authkey=_j8CxRFvkp0#