What an EPIC trip it has been... But we're not done yet!
One last look of Angels Stadium of Anaheim from our hotel!
She's a beauty!
The traffic was not bad as we traveled 38 miles and it took us right at an hour. We went straight to Beverly Hills and drove down Rodeo Drive and tried to see all the sights of this area of Los Angeles. We didn't have time to get out and see it all but just driving down Rodeo Drive and then Hollywood Blvd. was pretty awesome. We made our way to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd around 11:30AM for our 12(noon) tour time with Film Freak Tours. TIP- I found this tour on Groupon for $28/ person and then got a discount. It was a 2 hour tour of Hollywood and surrounding areas with a guided tour guide who knew all the spots and even showed scenes of the movie before you got to the stop. The tour showed us lots of movie scene locations and TV sets as well as other tourist areas. The tour guide was an old TV show star and "E TV" type of host. The tour was practically all about HIS interactions with these movies sets or scenes. It was kind of odd and he was a bit arrogant. This might have been cool if this was my uncle or I knew the guy but I had no idea whom he was and it was not the best tour. With the discount we paid $90 total and left a tip but it was not worth $40 in my opinion. It was a 2+ hour tour and had about 40 minutes worth of real material. The kids never complained and we got a tour of Hollywood so I guess it checked the box.
Hello Beverly Hills! This park was gorgeous! I really wish we would have had time to get out and explore!
Southern California at her finest!
We have arrived at Rodeo Drive!
Paramount Pictures on our Film Freak Tours!
The Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd was PACKED!
The Roosevelt Hotel- The starting point of our tour!
It's Tour Time!
We are ready to see it all! Let's go!
Afternoon
Our flight home was at 6:55PM and that meant we had to be LAX at 3:55PM at the latest. TIP- LAX is known for having terribly long security lines and even for a domestic flight 3 hours is recommended. That means that Chris Davis thinks we need 4 hours. Our tour got done at 2:05PM and we grabbed a pretzel on Hollywood Blvd and got our parking validated (for FREE PARKING) and then hurried out of the area. We had some traffic but made it to the LAX rental car return by 3:15PM. Unfortunately, we forgot to refill the car with gas... That was an $80 mistake but it was too late. We got all our stuff, turned in the keys and got on the shuttle to the Southwest Terminal in LAX. We got into the security line around 3:45PM and were through the line by 3:48PM. No CAP... At LAX! We were shocked!
Evening
We then made our way inside the terminal and got some food at Panda Express. This was another $95 lunch tab... We are officially broke now (JK)! We then made our way towards our gate to wait for our 6:55PM flight. The flight got delayed by about 15 minutes but by 7:12 we were on board and ready to get back to God's Country. This flight was full except 8 seats so we knew it was going to be a tight flight. We opted to have the kids and I sit in an entire row and then Chris on the opposite row. This turned out to be the WORST flight ever. It is almost as if we had a sign that said "Please bring your babies to our area". We had 7... literally SEVEN babies within 2-3 rows of us. They were crying and screaming pretty much the whole flight. Then a screaming toddler who kept throwing stuff at their parents and the parent did nothing. Another couple played their iPad for their baby without headphones and as loud as possible. About 2 hours into our 4 hour flight, the couple in front of us decided to change their baby's poopy diaper right there in the row. It was awful and then they didn't get up to throw it away. I ended up pushing the button to tell the stewardess. Then the baby just cried and cried. It was so bad and reminded me why I literally hate FLYING!
We touched down at Hobby Airport at 12:07AM and it seemed like the longest 4 hours of my life! This can drive a person to drinking or crazy or something! Hobby airport was PACKED at midnight on a Saturday and every single Luggage turnstile was loaded. We had to wait nearly 45 minutes for our luggage. Finally, around 12:50AM, we got our luggage and made our way to the shuttle to Parking Spot #2. We were in our car by 1:10AM and back at our house in The Woodlands around 2AM. We were all SO TIRED. We practically dumped all the luggage, took quick showers and were asleep by 2:20AM.
This was an INCREDIBLE trip and I am so grateful that after 20 years, I was finally able to check off Dodger Stadium and Angels Stadium of Anaheim off my Baseball Chaser Bucket List. We all really enjoyed Los Angeles and this trip! But we will be back to California... Oakland is in my sights! I really hope I can grab the Colosseum before the Athletics leave Oakland at the end of the 2024 season.
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