After going out to eat, on our way back home Lisa spotted a highway sign for Los Angeles…her favorite place. She suggested that we should take a spontaneous one day trip to LA. She even turned into a saleswoman an used my mobile office technology to support the outcome she wanted. I secretly wanted to go too but I made her push more of her reasoning on me first. I said “NO! I will not go for one day for your reasons! I will go for many days for my reasons! Now let’s go pack!” (then I showed a big grin to my sis)

So we drove from Las Vegas to Los Angeles that night…but!…on the way I was stopped by the boys in blue or in this case brown outside of Los Angeles, California. Yes, I was speeding. I was pretty certain I was going to get a big fat ticket on the way but I didn’t care. I even took a picture of my speedometer while cruising to LA. (see below) The dude threatened to take me to jail right on the spot. I used some of my newer communication skills to indirectly calm the cop down and get him in a little more forgiving mood. He ended up giving me a ticket. There wasn’t much I could do to sway him since I had been going 105 MPH and they had to chase me through traffic for a while since they couldn’t catch up. All in all it was a fun experience for my first time ever being pulled over. It made for an interesting blog post…right?!

When we arrived in Los Angeles we drove around LA and the Hollywood areas. Then I headed to the coast via Sunset Blvd. Once there, I headed south on the coast and ended up at Venice Beach where we stayed the night. There were a lot of people sleeping on the beach but I thought it would be wiser to get a hotel room, although some interesting things may have happened out there.

Now check out the pic!