After an exhausting night of driving (and an Agricultural checkpoint), we woke up and started our California portion of the trip. Below was my introduction to California. For some reason, I would have never thought the mountains would be like they were. It looked like a continuation of Arizona, which was alright with me, absolutely gorgeous. 

These next few images were taken in Santa Monica, where we were meeting our friends and hosts, Alicia and Chris, for dinner. Very cool part of LA.

David's house.

My house.

There was a long pier with rides, restaurants, and a few gift shops. Pretty awesome seeing the ocean on the other side of the country!

This last one was me messing around, just for fun. I wrote my name with the street lights while we were waiting to meet up with Alicia and Chris. In the background some homeless person was talking to himself saying something about how everything they tell us is make believe. 

We had dinner at the California Kitchen and walked around Santa Monica, then headed back to our friends apartment for some rest.