From the Grand Canyon, we drove through the Mojave Desert, over these beautiful mountains and straight to Los Angeles.
I'm pretty sure LA was our least favorite stop on our entire trip. There was nothing enjoyable about Hollywood. Sunset Blvd was a dump. The Walk of Fame was dirty and there were homeless people sleeping on the stars. Beverly Hills wasn't special at all.
I had the worst Starbucks experience I've ever had in my life. And after working there three years, I was about to call Uncle Howie and demand these workers be fired. It was that bad! The Hollywood sign is super small and it takes forever to even find it. Not to mention it's not even lit up at night so I didn't get a decent picture of it. In-n-Out was totally overrated and didn't even taste good. Basically the best part of the city was this guy walking around dressed as Darth Vader.
And then just when we were completely fed up with the city, we got lost and ended up at this observatory completely by accident. And it was amazing! It completely redeemed the city. Overlooking all of LA and more, the views are extraordinary and apparently it's the hang out spot of choice for all LAians on Friday nights. There were huge lines just to get to the top of this hill. Of course being on the bike, we got to pass all of them and get a parking spot at the very top.
As we were walking to the observatory there were families having picnics on the grass, college students playing Frisbee, researchers with telescopes looking at the moon and every photographer in the city perched on the different balconies taking pictures. If I lived there I would definitely be there every Friday night. My pictures don't do the view justice at all either. The whole city was lit up with golden lights that twinkled. It was breathtaking!
From the Grand Canyon, we drove through the Mojave Desert, over these beautiful mountains and straight to Los Angeles.
I'm pretty sure LA was our least favorite stop on our entire trip. There was nothing enjoyable about Hollywood. Sunset Blvd was a dump. The Walk of Fame was dirty and there were homeless people sleeping on the stars. Beverly Hills wasn't special at all. 
I had the worst Starbucks experience I've ever had in my life. And after working there three years, I was about to call Uncle Howie and demand these workers be fired. It was that bad! The Hollywood sign is super small and it takes forever to even find it. Not to mention it's not even lit up at night so I didn't get a decent picture of it. In-n-Out was totally overrated and didn't even taste good. Basically the best part of the city was this guy walking around dressed as Darth Vader.
And then just when we were completely fed up with the city, we got lost and ended up at this observatory completely by accident. And it was amazing! It completely redeemed the city. Overlooking all of LA and more, the views are extraordinary and apparently it's the hang out spot of choice for all LAians on Friday nights. There were huge lines just to get to the top of this hill. Of course being on the bike, we got to pass all of them and get a parking spot at the very top. 
As we were walking to the observatory there were families having picnics on the grass, college students playing Frisbee, researchers with telescopes looking at the moon and every photographer in the city perched on the different balconies taking pictures. If I lived there I would definitely be there every Friday night. My pictures don't do the view justice at all either. The whole city was lit up with golden lights that twinkled. It was breathtaking!
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