It's not every day you get to get lost in LA

On Tuesday we got up and drove from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. Our plan was to drive to our hotel in San Fernando (north of LA) and check in. Then we would change into nice clothes and drive to Hollywood for the Late Late Show taping.

Well it almost worked. We underestimated the amount of time that it would take to get to our hotel. Then we were unfamiliar with the roads to get from the hotel to Hollywood. Also my sense of direction was completely messed up. At 3:30 we were still on the freeway and we knew we missed our chance to see the taping.

But all was not lost. We had other things to do. We bought a detailed map of LA and found our way to the La Brae Tar Pits. As soon as we got out of the car Brandon said, "it smells like they are repaving the road." Instead it was the tar pits which are really made of natural asphalt with methane gas bubbling up. Here is a picture of a life size model of a mammoth falling in the tar pit. In the back ground you can see a methane bubble coming up in the asphalt.
There is a art museum next to the tar pits and there were all these street lights there as some sort of sculpture. I think this would be a really cool place to do Bridal pictures.
After the tar pits we drove up to Griffith Park to go to the Griffith Observatory. I have to say that Brandon LOVED driving in LA. He thought it was super fun. With the good map and an adjustment to my sense of direction we were able to get around the city pretty well.
The observatory has a cafe named after a Douglas Adams book The Cafe at the End of the Universe. Which is the sequel to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. The cafe was a little over priced ($7 for the salad Brandon is eating in the pic) but it wasn't too bad considering the food had to be transported to the edge of the universe.
We enjoyed walking all over the observatory and looking at all the cool things both inside and out. We watched the coolest star show called "Centered in the Universe." It had some amazing spacial effects.

After the observatory we went back to the hotel and stayed up so that we could at least see the Late Late show on TV. Craig Ferguson joked about Noah leaving the good animals like the chocolate moose off the ark. I wish we could have seen it live, but we had a good day none the less.