What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas…
Well, I think we were very well behaved on this trip and now we are out of Vegas and driving to hopefully, cooler coastal Los Angeles.
All packed up and out on the Interstate 15, South.
Past Primm (a unique Casino-Resort town located on the California/Nevada Stateline) and over the border into California.
Our journey took us through the Mojave National Preserve and past mountains, canyons, the very odd road named ‘ZZYZX’, Ghost Towns and lots of Joshua Trees.
A mandatory stop at the California Agricultural Inspection and our one apple and one orange from, we can not remember where we purchased it, was given the all-clear.
Next, a stop at Barstow (a town back on Old Route 66) for lunch and a food stock from Walmart. Barstow Walmart may have been featured on People of Walmart…
Back on Interstate 15 South and through the town of Victorville where Pete decided to talk an alternate route into Los Angeles. It ended up being one of those Google ‘special’ shortcuts routes (side roads, local roads, bumpy roads). It was nice to get off the Interstate.
The route was not through the Hollywood ‘Mansion’ Hills more like the Hollywood ‘Extras’ Hills.
Soon we hit the six-lane freeways and a bushfire and we knew we were on the outskirts of LA.
Our campsite tonight is the Hollywood RV Park. We could not get into any of the limited parks on the beach at late notice and this was one of the closest to Universal Studios. The boys and I will explore Universal Studios tomorrow.
Apparently, the RV Park caters for the movie industry…
Los Angeles was another place Pete and I had been before on our first trip to the USA. We had done Beverly Hills, East Hollywood, Walk of Fame, Hollywood Sign, a Starline Tour, Downtown LA, Anaheim and Disneyland.
It was a long day of driving for Pete on the Interstate and Google Route and he did a mighty fine job.
As we had seen many of the main tourist sites before, we are in a suburbs on the outskirts of the city (we actually have no idea where) and Pete needed a well-earned rest, we decided to walk to a suggested local restaurant, LuLu’s, for dinner and have a quiet night in.
The boys and I are looking forward to Universal Studios tomorrow (Pete will relax in the motorhome and we will save $109 as he is not really interested) and then we have three nights booked at a park in Malibu overlooking the ocean. We have not been to Malibu before so hopefully this will be nice. Well, I hope it’s nice, the park is four times our normal nightly spend.
I do hope we get to the Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach too…
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