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California Adventure 2018 - Part 3

Day 4

A little more leisurely start to the day as we headed to the Cabazon Dinosaurs, maybe you know them from Peewee's Big Adventure (when in Hollywood, visit fun movie locations). We were pretty excited to climb up into the t-rex and were pleasantly surprised to find most of the place was deserted right at opening time. We went in and wandered in a garden of dinosaur sculptures and even got to dig in a sand pit area. If you found enough "fossils" and turned them in at the gift shop you got to pick out a little toy. So, being the children we are, we of course dug up fossils and got our toy.
We found out we could also go into the Apatosaurus which was a bit of a museum and had history of the dinosaurs which was pretty cool too.







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After about an hour at the dinosaurs we continued on to Los Angeles, having plenty of time to hit a couple more spots before checking into our Airbnb. The Museum of Death was a spot we were both stoked to go to, Samantha doubting my ability to make it through (she was correct, near the end I began to feel a bit nauseous). Photography was strictly forbidden inside. But if you're a fan of the morbid and dark, you'll find something that interests you there.



After that we went onto TLC Chinese Theatre. Driving downtown was the absolute worst. I mean, I knew what we were getting into but it was utterly miserable. We had to trot over a mile to reach the Theatre and only had time to snap a couple photos before hustling back to get to the car before our time ran out for parking. Not the best of times but I was glad we got to catch a glimpse of a few hand and foot prints.




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That night we got to have our only fancy dinner of the trip, since neither one of us are really foodies, we were satisfied with groceries and drive-thrus. (We did have In-n-out, some amazing Mexican food just down the street from our airbnb, and Sammi had some mussels on a dock in Santa Cruz).

Beetlehouse is a Tim Burton themed restaurant with characters walking around, 3 course meal, and a show. We had Jack Skellington and the show was a fire dancer! A fun experience all around.






We were happy to have made it to L.A. and the place we were going to be staying for a few days. It felt good to settle in.
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