Day 13 (Thurs. May 25/06) Los Angeles

The outskirts of Los Angeles
One mountain top still had snow. The Foothill Drive-In Theatre was a big one. The screen is gone, the concession stand looks boarded up and the lot is still paved with the slopes for watching the show. It looks like it is used as a parking lot now. A little further down the road were these dome shaped trees. There were so many of them that it looks like they grow that shape naturally.


The End of Route 66
Santa Monica Blvd and Ocean Ave. is the end of Route 66. A plaque dedicating Highway 66 to Will Rogers in 1952 is in a park between Ocean Ave. and the cliff overlooking the Pacific Coast Highway.


The park at the end of Route 66
This area is over run with ground squirrels. They have holes all over the top of the cliff. I wonder if the "swiss cheese" effect these holes have has anything to do with erosion of the cliffs. The strange looking trees had soccer like balls growing on the branches.

During our drive along Sunset Blvd. it was evident that many homes are built too close to the edge of the mountain side. We saw one house that already had a large section of one corner already sticking out from the cliff. You could see the bottom of the cement slab the house was sitting on.


Santa Monica Pier and the beach




Daily Stats
359 Kms Ridden
6 Hrs 51 Mins Riding Time
3 Hrs 0 Mins Stopped Time
50.8 Km/Hr Avg Riding Speed

Fuel Used: 20.66 L
Fuel Cost: $18.55 US
Avg Km/L: 17.56