Wednesday, August 13: Fly from Dulles (IAD) to Los Angeles (LAX)

• (A) Visited my Mom's good old friends in Encino
• Pink's for a hotdog
• Jim Henson (Muppets) Studios, originally Charlie Chaplin's Studio
• Mulholland Drive
• Sunset Boulevard, The Comedy store (where my dad did shows), The Roxy
• Hollywood Boulevard, Gramman's Chinese Theatre, Walk of Fame
• Beverly Hills
• Venice Beach and pier
• Spent the night in Marina Del Rey

Thursday, 8/14

• Swim & Hot tub at the hotel.
• Santa Monica Beach and Pier, Zoltar, Pac-Man
• The gate to Miley Cyrus's house, Tuluca Lake
• Universal Studio, Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Studios, and Cartoon Network Studios
• The front gate of 6 Flags Magic Mountain
• The Mojave Desert
• Spent the night in Ridgecrest (China Lake/Mojave Desert)

Friday, 8/15

• Drove up the eastern side of the Sierra Mountains
• (C) Breakfast in Lone Pine
• (E) Entered Yosemite Park from the Eastern gate, through Tioga Pass (9,945 feet)
• (G) Yosemite Villiage: El Capitan, Angel Falls, Half Dome
• (H) Spent the night at The Narrow Gauge Inn in Fish Camp, CA

Saturday, 8/16

• (I) Drove through the western Sierra foothills then down...
• (J) into the Central Valley (farms, crops, and orchards)
• (K) San Luis Reservoir (gigantic, but very low water level)
• (M) Into Santa Cruz
• Walked through the Henry Cowell Redwood Forrest
• Dinner at The Crow's Nest
• The SantaCruz Boardwalk
• Spent the night at The Bay Front Hotel

Sunday, 8/17

• (L) moved over to the Harbor Lights Hotel in Capitola
• spent the day at the beach and hotel
• Lunch on the Capitola Pier
• Dinner at the Paradise Beach on the deck.

Monday, 8/18

• (M-N) Drove up the coast from Santa Cruz to San Francisco
• (O) China Beach
• Golden Gate Bridge...it was cold and windy.
• Lunch in Sausalito at the marina
• (P) Filbert Street...the next street over from famous "Lombard Street"
• Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39
• Sushi dinner back at the Nob Hill Motor Inn (Van Ness & Pacific)

Tuesday, 8/19

• Crossed the Bay Bridge to Lafayette, CA and walked the Reservoir
• (Q) drove to the top of Mount Diablo
• Lunch at IHOP, Emoryville, right next to PIXAR studios
• Spent the night at the Willwood Inn, Milbrae

Wednesday, 8/20

• Flew from SFO back to Dulles

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