Drive Down

Ok so I should have updated this sooner - but I've been pretty busy. Here's the details on the drive down.

My sister and I left last Friday morning on our journey to LA. The night before I didn't get much sleep and kept thinking I was forgetting things...but by the time the morning came I loaded up the car with my clothes and shoes (all that I was taking with) and we were on our way.

Traffic wasn't bad leaving Seattle, but Portland was a little crowded around the time we went through (noon). Their freeways were interesting and tangled looking - but had great views of the city and water etc ...

Shortly outside of Portland there was this building on the right hand side that stated the business was called "Jiggles Dancers" ... interesting name for a strip club I thought... odd...

Not much happened between Portland and Eugene, the town we made a stop at. Gassed up the car and got some snacks. I didn't know what to do when I pulled into the gas station - do I get the gas or does the attendant fill up the tank. Right when I was going to get out of the car he started pumping the gas - made it easy for me.

The trek from Eugene to the state line of California was the same - not much happening. Once we hit northern California the tree's and landscaped started to look different - we had been drivign all day but it didn't feel like it so it seemed like we would be in WA still. My time orientation is off I think.

There were a million little fly/gnat bugs that were hitting the windshield so fast that we weren't sure if it was raining or bugs ... I put my hand out the window and it felt like raindrops but my hand wasn't wet ... yep it was bugs. sort of gross. After a while the windshield was so bad that we had to pull over at a gas station to clean the windshield - everyone else had the same idea. Not one person was filling up with gas but all were cleaning windshields.

We mad it to Sacramento the first night - it was a nice hotel - I took the soap so I had some when I got to my apartment.

We left the next morning at 10 and were on our way to LA. It was a long stretch of road and again - not much of anything. Just cows along the road - reminded me of the commercial about California cows and cheese.

We arrived into LA around 4. I didn't want to stay in downtown LA so we stayed in Burbank. Not sure what hotel to stay at we decided that the Marriott looked the cleanest and safest - little did we know it was pretty expensive - but we stayed anyways.

I couldn't check into my apartment until the next day (Sunday) at 3:30 - and check out for the hotel was 12 ... so we had lots of free time. Since all of the things I had were in my car - I didn't want to leave them unattended. Once we checked out we decided to just drive around for a few hours and see the sights.

Drove around Beverly Hills looking for famous houses - but they're all hidden away. We got back to my apartment complex in time to check in. We didn't know what to do for dinner so we went to the same place we had ate at the night before in Burbank. Oh did I mention my apartment is in Burbank - it's right by Universal Studios and Warner Bros.

Tired from our trip we went to bed early as I had to drop my sister off at Airport the next morning and get ready for my first day ...