Friday, January 25, 2013---Adam joined us for a trip to the La Braea Tar Pits. Amazing collection of fossils.

THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ICE AGE FOSSIL EXCAVATION SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF LOS ANGELES!
http://www.tarpits.org/

Hurray for Hollywood! So, I am trying to catch up on posting. We had little, if any, phone and wifi service up in the mountains and in the redwood forest. Of course we could not leave LA without walking down Hollywood Blvd. My brother Adam met up with us and we had lunch and walked for a bit checking out the sites. Unfortunately we were unable to get a good photo in front of Mann's Chinese Theater because it was the premier of the new movie Hansel and Gretel.

Griffith Observatory-Thursday. Amazing public observatory. Watched a great show in the planetarium and spent time walking around incredible hands on exhibits and displays.

Thursday-Hollywood sign-- Rainy day in LA but we still were able to view the Hollywood sign from Griffith Park. We also saw a coyote on the side of the road. We weren't able to get a photo though. We had two small buses coming down the hill behind us.

Hiked a portion of the Dana Point Headlands trail. They gave us a pair of binoculars at the visitors center. We saw a few Anna's hummingbirds and California thrashers. Mattie decided to find out for herself why it is called a prickly pear. Teag and Bubba looked for animal prints and found one they decided was made by a bobcat.