Back from the Southwest

I returned yesterday from a week long trip in California, Nevada and Arizona. Over the week we drove over 2,000 miles and went from nearly sea level in LA to nearly 8,000 feet elevation at the Grand Canyon. I will try to write as much as I can about the trip before I head out to Seattle on Thursday. So here it goes!



Los Angeles:

The first part of the trip took us to Los Angeles area for the Rose Bowl. Unlike last new years where I spent it in London among thousands of people watching the fireworks, this year I was filling up gas in Venice, CA... I guess they can't all be memorable, haha. As you might have heard, Illinois was playing USC in the Rose Bowl, unfortunately Illinois lost, but it was still amazing to be at the Rose Bowl, definitely worth the hassle! After the game we went a diner called Fred 56 (I think...) and the food was great! On January 2nd we explored Orange County and headed out to Las Vegas.

To be continued...