Jon and Karla see the American West: Day 12

Since we were in LA, we had to take one of those tours around the city. We took two different loops. We took one to Santa Monica, saw some buildings with some history, and learned some random facts. We started at the Chinese Theater, where we got to see all the crazy people dressed up, the stars on the walk, and do some people watching.

The tour began! We saw the place where River Phoenix died, the Pollo Loco (restaurant) where Brad Pitt dressed as a chicken outside as his job before he became big, Rodeo Drive, the Hollywood sign, and more. We learned that every street in Beverly Hills has a tree theme, so the street is named after the tree and is lined with that type of tree. It was a long morning/early afternoon, but it was definitely worth it.

Since we were in LA, we stopped at Pink’s, an old restaurant that is famous for its hot dogs. We only had to stand in line for 20 minutes and got some delicious food. Jon got the “Today Show Dog” and I got the “Lord of the Rings Dog.” Jon’s had two hot dogs on one bun with onions, chili, cheese, and guacamole. Mine had a hot dog, barbecue sauce, and onion rings. We also split an order of chili cheese fries. Yum!

With our satisfied tummies, we headed toward San Diego.

We got to San Diego pretty late, but met up with my friend, Victoria, in Pacific Beach. It was her birthday so we joined in some of the festivities at a local dive bar and got to bed.

Tomorrow we are going to find some things to see in San Diego!