Wednesday, January 17, 2007

New Port, Long Beach and more..

Our first real day in LA! (and last for awhile)

After a great Mexican breakfast and a slow morning around Fullerton (which is in Orange County I found out!) we rented a car and hit the road. We spent the whole day driving and managed to hit the following areas in this order: Fullerton, Anaheim, Santa Ana, New Port (including all the cities and villages along the south beach front), Balboa, Long Beach (including the docks), Torrence, and many other cities along the Pacific Coast highway all the way back up to LAX. We passed by Santa Monica, and then took the freeway all the way back to Fullerton. We plan to spend what time we have tomorrow exploring downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Beverley Hills.


This is the pool located in the center of the apartment complex; Ross's Aunt and Uncle are the managers of the area. It is in the city of Fullerton, Orange County. Fullerton is very clean and cute, Disneyland is only a 5 minute drive away!


This is a native plant right outside the front door. It may not be super special, but it looks amazing in real life!




A lifeguard stand on New Port City beach.







A parrot on my arm.. a nice man on the beach was showing us his pretty birds!







Ross even got to kiss one!









I'll finish today off with a couple more pics..





Cheers,

Andrew

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Andrew, Looks like you had a great day. Beautiful pictures, I can feel the warm air. Mom

Anonymous said...

Andrew, just got to work. The birds were beautiful but I'm not so sure I would have got so close. Have a great day exploring, Dad.

Anonymous said...

Glad the start of your trip is going well man, have fun in LA and be careful!
-Andrew R

Sarah Connolly said...

Man I wish I was in California right now, it's -35 here with the wind chill! The pics look awesome :)

Anonymous said...

Andrew this is a great way to keep track of your trip--journal and photos--hope you have a good flight tonight--U. Jack

Anonymous said...

Oh man do I agree with Sarah, the palm trees look awfully appealing right now. Its so cold here! Pictures look great, can't wait to see some of Australia.

Anonymous said...

Pretty nice pictures! I hope you have a great trip, sounds pretty exciting so far. Take some pictures from the plane if you can, I really like pictures from very far above...like a living map :)
Have fun! Alison