My rental car on the side of the PCH at the buttcrack of dawn (literally - this was at about 7AM, after I had been awake for 2+ hours driving).



Santa Monica/Malibu from the coast.



Surfers waiting for a wave. I watched for 15 minutes, and no waves appeared. They looked cold.

 

Sun rising over the hills near Topanga (west of the valley)





My pimp sled - 2003 Mini Cooper S

 

Topanga Canyon.

2816x768 stitch of some valley



Topanga Canyon from higher up.

 

Million dollar view. Sun rising, ocean, etc.



Letting the brakes cool down

 

911 Turbo. Driven by a couple several years younger than I.



Dude fishing at Venice Beach. He didn't catch shit.



Requisite GLOOB pic (love ya, mom!)

 

Malibu and Santa Monica beaches.



Venice with downtown LA lost in the haze.



Marina Del Ray breakwater.

 

Fishing pole. And more surfer's waiting for waves which didn't appear for several more hours.



Pilings. Just because.




Cute fisherman for mom. He actually caught something. The pic of him holding the fish got erased .

 

A pile of rocks.



Only on the west coast. It only smelled slightly of mary jane.






This was actually a free speech tribute, with about 25 signs similar to this (different topics). This is something you would never see in Indiana.



Sailboats.



The same pile of rocks as before, but under high tide. The waves were crashing really hard, I ran out of battery before I could get the picture "just right".

 

Limey and the FP in the rental S2000. Pretty nice, except it has ES100s instead of S02s.



Neat road.



Nancy rolling deep in Pasadena, with Jed taking pictures.



More limey and the FP.



Throw in Barney and Raptor.

 

Tokyo James drinking Tokyo Tea (courtesy of Drunkey Monk).



Mom's new shirt.



Canadians in LA!



Mom and a lobster.



More limey. Nice shoes.



More limey, more FP, more Jed.