Day Seven: Let's buy a map.

Today was probably our least favorite day so far. It's hard to follow yesterday though. We decided to go ahead and drive all the way to LA today. We didn't have a hotel booked and didn't really know where we were going, so we just started down the PCH. Today's post is nothing but scenery:)
Here's our last view of the place we stayed.

And another along the way...
Got to an Elephant Seal beach around San Simeon..pretty cool, but really windy!

I gotta say, I have a love-hate relationship with my GPS. When it's good, it's all love, but when it gets us lost (which it has many times) I'm screaming at it like it is a real lady trying to mess with me. Today was one of those days. Eventually, we pulled over and bought a real map. Which helped a little. All in all, we can't complain. It was a gorgeous day.
We ate lunch in Santa Barbara at a Pizza joint named Taffy's and met the owner, Greg.
He and his wife were so awesome and helped us navigate around the area and gave us some awesome suggestions. Everyone here is so laid back and nice. It's refreshing.
So, we headed down the coast during rush hour toward LA. Even though they said it would be awful, it really wasn't that bad. We are from Atlanta after all...we know traffic.
We finally got to Malibu right as the sun was setting. Beautiful.



I was a little flustered pulling into Santa Monica with no reservations anywhere. The first place we wanted to stay was booked up, so we booked the first thing we could find. Ended up at the Sheraton (which we now find is a rip off!). After all the driving, we were too pooped to do anything. Just hanging out in the room and relaxing. We still have 3 and a half days to go! Gotta rest up!

We are really excited about San Diego and will probably be heading down there tomorrow night or Saturday. My friend from high school, Billy, lives in Huntington Beach and we are supposed to meet up for dinner:) Haven't seen him in 10 years and am really excited to see him and meet his girlfriend. We are also going to see Chelsea Lately at 2 tomorrow...turns out, it is only 2 miles from out hotel!! Woo hoo! I also want to go check out the Santa Monica Pier and ride the roller coaster! Ok, nighty night. Hope to post more pics and fun tomorrow.