LA and La Brea Tar Pits

 

On 26 December, Mom, Dad, Carlos, BJ, and I (Shannon had to go back to work that day, boo-urns) drove to LA and enjoyed our day before Mom and Dad had to go to the airport to fly back home (Carlos and I stayed in Lancaster for three more days).

We planned to visit the LA Farmers' Market and the La Brea Tar Pits (their flight didn't leave until the evening so we basically had an entire day to play). We parked at the Grove shopping center and it was extremely busy (it was the day after Christmas after all!) and wandered over to the Market. We walked though all of the stalls, stores, and restaurants before deciding to eat a tasty lunch at a Greek restaurant (I had some really delicious sweet red pepper spread, garlic potato spread, and tzatziki with pitas for my lunch). We looked around a great big French gourmet food store (and bought some home-made marshmallows) before deciding to go to the La Brea Tar Pits before it got too late.

I had been to the tar pits before when I was really little and I still remembered most of the outside tar pits and museum. It was really fun to see the huge tar pits (with their bubbling gaseous bacteria) and play in some small tar puddles that seeped under the fencing. We looked through the exhibits inside the museum and it was really well-done. By this time Mom and Dad had to get to the airport so we said our goodbyes. Carlos, BJ, and I continued touring the museum and took more time to look at all the excavations outside before it got too dark. We made our way to a modern art museum nearby (where we saw a giant, yet artistic, rock). We soon called it a night and drove back to Lancaster to eat dinner and play with Shannon and the kitties!