Surfing The Channel

Posts Tagged ‘Pacific Coast Highway’

Phoenix is now behind us as we drive to the Pacific coast. The drive was uneventful, except that the temperature outside the car was hot enough to boil an egg! We were in disbelief when we heard on the radio that the temperature was ‘cooling’ down to 104 degrees around 5pm. We had a good laugh when we passed a sign that said ‘Arizona State Prison next right’ with a sign below it saying ‘Don’t pick-up Hitchhikers’. When we entered California, we were greeted by a winding road, mountains and huge fields of wind turbines. Our excitement grew as we raced to Los Angeles.

We turned off I-10 onto Hollywood Boulevard and encountered Batman, the Joker, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, a KISS member, Pinocchio, and tons of other interesting characters busking around the Chinese Palace Theater. These characters make their living posing with tourists for photo opportunities.  After we cruised Hollywood Boulevard, we turned onto Sunset Boulevard. We were soaking in all off Hollywood. Then we spent some time driving through Beverly Hills in hopes of seeing any glamorous millionaires. But, we didn’t see a single celebrity. We then headed to Malibu Beach.

We found ourselves winding down a road on the mountain of death; the decline was very steep and there were many sharp curves, which made us a little nauseous. By the time we reached the bottom, our brake pad were worn out. We drove up and down Malibu, trying to find some accommodations at one of the Malibu hotels and we were lucky, since we made no reservations, to find a hotel with a room available at a reasonable price. Reasonable for being on a beach! It was already night time, so we went straight to bed; we were exhausted from our long drive and playing tourist.

We woke up at sunrise and headed out to the beach. The rolling waves, the beautiful sand and the mountains in the background made for a perfect day at the beach. After being refreshed from a great day playing in the ocean and laying in the sun, it was time for us to continue our way up the Pacific coast highway.