So we opted to discontinue the blog because it has been
consuming too much of our precious time. We figured it was only worth
continuing the blog if we had 10,000 views in 3 weeks time, which did not
happen. Just kidding, we got side tracked…again, but let’s try to get you all
back up to speed.
After leaving San Luis Obispo, a “pop-up” town with strip
mall after strip mall of the most stereotypical chain restaurants, we made our
way to yet another one of Britt’s study abroad friends, Carrie, who was kind enough
to host us for 3 days. Thank you Carrie!! En route to Carrie’s condo, as
always, we did all the stereotypical touristy activities in downtown LA,
including the Kodak Theater, the Walk of Fame, and Rodeo Drive. We also saw
some of the not-so-stereotypical things such as drag queens and cross dressers
in WeHo (West Hollywood), some of whom decided to ride bicycles while wearing a
thong. Not exactly the sight we were looking for. After being scared away, we
finished our journey to get to Carrie’s. At this point in our trip we were
absolutely exhausted and in desperate need of some R&R. We decided to lay
out our beach towels at 10 am on Monday and lay there until it was time to
leave on Wednesday morning.
While in LA we had our first experience with Taco Tuesday,
which also included a special guest, Miss Katherine Maria Loughridge Garner,
who just so conveniently works 20 minutes from Carrie’s.
Great food and beer for 4 people = $16. This is clearly a
tradition we need to bring back home. While dropping Kate off that night, we
made sure to stop at California’s infamous In and Out Burger to discover the
glorious taste of animal fries.
By the time Wednesday morning rolled around, we were feeling
refreshed and ready to go take on some more animals at San Diego Zoo’s Safari
Park, a mere 1600 acre park containing wildlife primarily from Africa. While
there we decided to go on an African Safari Tour. Oddly enough, they let you
ride the giraffes, hold out red flags for the African buffalo, and put your
head in the lions’ mouths. Pretty on par with Yellowstone, so we felt right at
home. In all honesty, the tour was truly amazing. Based on the environment in
which the animals are kept, it is easy to see why the San Diego Zoo is
considered one of the best zoos in the world. As an example, for the most part,
the animals are allowed to roam freely across the 1600 acres with only a few
exceptions, mainly being that predators such as lions are separated from the
other animals. Even though they’re separated, the predators are still located
close enough so that the other animals can smell them. This is to teach the
animals how to protect themselves from predators so that they can eventually be
reintroduced into the wild. Pretty extraordinary if you ask us!
After getting some great R&R in LA, we moved on to San
Diego, where we decided to get some more R&R. Our lives are so difficult!
The weather was beautiful, 80 and sunny. We pretty much did the same thing in
San Diego as we did in LA: beach, food, drinks. While in San Diego, we did get
to experience our nicest dinner thus far, and what we’re sure will be our
nicest dinner of the whole trip. Being the classy blondes that we are, we got
all dolled up and went to an amazing steakhouse for dinner. Since we had been
deprived of quality red meat for the last 3 weeks, we decided to step it up a
notch and go all out, and let us tell you, it was well worth the money!
Next stop: Phoenix, and we promise to try to be better about blogging for the remainder of our trip.
Until Next Time,
Shalom dear friends
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