Day Eight - Calgary to Los Angeles

Our alarm went off at 3am this morning for our early flight to Los Angeles. We took off at 6.30am and had got through to the LAX exit doors at 10am, though we did gain an hour in the process. Our hotel is 50 mins away from the airport and we made a last minute change of plan to avoid excessive taxi costs by renting a car for the four days we are in LA - it will save lots of money and be an added convenience in the process. We got the choice of a group of cars and we went for a black Dodge Charger. Dan has been doing the driving - we've had no real issues whatsoever and it's a good opportunity to get some practice in before picking up our Mustang for our road trip across Western USA next week.

We had a little nap when we checked in to our hotel before heading out this afternoon to Madame Tussauds on Hollywood Boulevard. We'll be spending more time there later in the week so we didn't stay on the walk of fame for too long but we got a little taster and we enjoyed the waxwork museum and having a little look around.

As the sun was setting (very early in LA) we headed up a mountain road in the North into Angeles National Forest with some lovely views of the city. We got a few nice pictures and there were plenty of locals up there enjoying the scenery too. We've been to the local grocery store and picked up some bits and tonight we enjoyed some cheese and biscuits with a few dips and some red grapes.

Day Eight Highlight - Mountain road drive

Typical tourists on Hollywood Blvd

Emily and Will Smith

Dan helping Tiger line up his putt

Emily and Zac Efron

Our get-around

View from the mountain road