It never rains in California....

...except when we try to go somewhere. Santa Monica boasts about 340 days of sunshine a year! January 17 was NOT one of those days. The day of the Golden Globes we decided to take Geo and head down to Hollywood to see some sights and maybe find someone famous!

We made a quick pit spot in Bakersfield, CA so that Hannah could scope out where Nick goes the majority of his week. The room full of dead animal heads creeped her out- but hey, it's science!

We can't imagine the amount of work it would take to stuff a giraffe.
(and yes, it's real..or was)

Nick being forced to pose outside of one of his buildings.

Once in LA, we started out at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. We realized we only knew about 20% of the people on the stars. Geo was the real star, apparently, as we kept getting stopped by people so they could fawn all over him (which he just ate right up). The most eclectic members of the Geo Fan Club now include a transsexual and a Catwomen impersonator (who left a bright pink lipstick stain smack dab on the middle of Geo's forehead - Don't tell Echo, he might get jealous!) Geo let us know his overall disinterest in the fame and fortune attitude of Hollywood by doing all his business (#1 and #2) smack dab in the middle of the Walk of Fame. Here are some photos of that part of the trip!

Geo and Hannah (Guess who's more excited)

We had a nice view of the Hollywood sign as we ate our lunch (before it rained!)

Believe it or not, other people asked to take Geo's photo by the Lassie star too!

Grauman's Chinese Theater (home of Geo's Catwoman girlfriend)

By the time we were done walking, it had definitely started to rain and was picking up steam so we decided to hop in the car and drive through Beverly Hills and down Rodeo Drive. We were the only ones driving a Sable. Everyone else was in a BMW, Buick, Porche...... We were only slightly out of place. Man was it shi-shi! Some people have way too much money! C'mon, a Jimmy Choo store? Who goes there? We also drove right by the Beverly Hilton (where the Golden Globes were that night!) They had set up the red carpet and we saw a lot of limos driving around - but alas, spotted no one of interest.

Site of the Golden Globes (really not that impressive looking - We've stayed in better looking Super8's)

We continued all the way down Santa Monica Blvd until we got to the famous pier! We decided to brave the rain and walk it just to say we did! We saw dolphins out in the distance too! The crappier days seem to be the best for marine life viewing.

Our cloudy view of Santa Monica (the beach and the city) - as empty as you will ever see it!

The entrance to the historical Santa Monica Pier!

At the end of the pier - please excuse the AWFUL hair! It rained a lot....

The amusement park on the pier.

We just need to find the start of Route 66 now!

All in all - the day was fun, but wet. We wish we could have walked around more, but we made the best with what we had! Hopefully sometime in the spring we can go somewhere with decent weather on our side!