Day #29- When the Sun Comes Up Over Santa Monica Blvd.

Our plan for today was to see Mann's Chinese theater, look at some stars on the Walk of Fame, see the Hollywood sign, and check out the Hollywood Forever cemetery.  We checked out of the hotel and walked a block up to the theater.  Throngs of people were there, so we just looked from across the street and took some pictures.  We saw the star of Tom Cruise and wondered if he was angry to be put across the street from the theater??

Next stop was our adventure to find a spot to view the Hollywood sign.  We attempted it last nite, only to be chased off of the observatory road because we were there too late.  I googled the best place to view the sign and read about the Hollywood reservoir.  I entered that into the phone GPS lady and off we went.  We ended up in a very ritzy neighborhood on narrow winding streets.  I felt we were in a Europe somewhere.  Round and round we went thru this neighborhood with no sign in sight.  This would not be the first time the GPS lady had misled us.  We saw a guy out for his walk in the neighborhood and asked him where to see the sign.  He said it was difficult to give directions, but keep going left and keep going UP.  So, I did just that.  Loren hung on for dear life as I led Stan up and up hills.  Only one car could drive at a time, so it was a little tense if a car was coming down the hill.  Finally, as we made another left turn, I looked out and there was the sign.  We parked in front of a private residence, covered in security cameras, and jumped out for quick pics before the Hollywood police were called to arrest trespassers.  

Our last stop before leaving town was the Hollywood Forever cemetery.  I didn't want to see anything in particular there, but had read a lot about the place.  We roamed around and saw graves, huge elaborate monuments, to some obviously wealthy people.  We randomly came across the resting place of Chris Cornell and Larry from Bewitched.

We had planned to make San Diego our next stop, but the traffic was so awful on the 101, that when we saw the sign for 10 East, we decided to take it.  We ended up in some nowhere town California called Blythe.  Our plan for tomorrow is Tombstone, so stay tuned.