Last day in California

As we were driving home from Newport Beach last night, the further up into the hills we got, the more intense the smell of Jasmine became. A definite benefit of traveling to California at this time of year is that spring is definitely bursting out all over. Anyway, the fragrance of jasmine was absolutely intoxicating, something impossible to capture on film.
On the morning of our last day in California, Dawn tried on Gary's 500SL to see if it fit. I think it'll do.


I also included an updated pic of Betty & Gary's place now that the driveway is done.
Today was our 34th wedding anniversary and for our last two days of holidays, we could not have been blessed with better weather, with temps both days well into the 80's. We decided to spend part of today in Malibu walking on Carbon Beach. The fronts of the very expensive beach houses here are right on the Pacific Coast Highway and don't look like much. From the beach however, it's a different story.


We had a beautiful walk on the beach and marveled that dogs had not yet been banned from these beaches - they were everywhere. I'm sure we walked past many movie star's homes, but most looked abandoned.


Following lunch at a sandwich shop in Malibu, Gary noticed he had a flat tire, but AAA came quickly to the rescue and off we went again, this time a little further up the beach to an open house Gary knew about. This place was $9 million and although it had nice beach front, was not overly large or beautiful. Yikes!

We headed back to Bel Air past the Malibu Pier shown above and then up Sunset Blvd. because the PCH was so congested.
After a short rest and change of clothes, we set out for Hermosa Beach and the Comedy & Magic Club. Here we were treated to 3 stand up comedians, the last being Jay Leno. They were all funny, but Jay is super polished and super funny. This was not only a unique way to celebrate our anniversary, but also a great way to conclude our visit to California. So, that's it for this version of our Travelogue. See you in May.