Day 4 - California or Bust

Beginning our drive from Vegas to L.A., I was berated for my theme-song selection of Katy Perry's "Waking Up in Vegas," one of three KPerry songs I can tolerate. The peanut gallery had their own suggestions, but I didn't have "Viva Las Vegas" on my iPhone (to my own dismay), and "Leaving Las Vegas" had been deleted from my library ages ago, being the only Sheryl Crow song I absolutely cannot stand. I did have "Pretty Vegas" by INXS 2.0, which Dennis surprisingly suggested. Good pick, and good thing I take requests.

We hadn't made a geocache find in Nevada yet (and Nate's been collecting geocaching.com state badges the way I've been collecting parks passport stamps, albeit more successfully), so we hunted down a geocache out in the middle of nowhere, Nevada (i.e. not far off the interstate). Dennis found a loose tumbleweed and tried to surprise me by throwing it (to make it tumble), but his aim was off and it hit me in the back of the head. I was surprised.

Traffic was heavy on our drive to L.A., and the drive took longer than we had hoped, but we eventually rolled into Anaheim and our planned stop at Camelot Golfland, which was named on some illustrious minigolf website as one of the best courses in the U.S.  Tournament time. Dennis squeaked out a one-stroke win over Nate on the front nine, and was cruising to victory on the back nine as well, until a tricky anthill on the 18th hole left an opening for Trevor to mount an impressive come-from-behind takedown. Nate sulked for the next hour, listing the many faults and injustices of Camelot Golfland during the drive to our destination for the night, Santa Monica.

After checking in at the charming Georgian Hotel on Santa Monica Beach, we spent the rest of the evening walking on the beach and at the Santa Monica Pier. Good family time, and great people-watching. I can't believe we're all still getting along with each other. 

We're not staying long in L.A.  Monday morning we'll hit some sites in the area and then start our drive up the coast. 

Today's mileage: 310. Total mileage: 2000. OK, that's kinda weird. I know I've been rounding to the nearest 5, but exactly 2000 miles logged from home to the Pacific Ocean? I may have to go back and audit.

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Geocaching in Nevada:

Santa Monica Beach:

Santa Monica Pier: