James graduated over a year ago, but last summer, we didn't have the extra money or much free time, so we didn't go on graduation trip. Better late than never! We let James pick our destination. He really wanted to go to Alaska or somewhere where he could see the Northern Lights. Those options were a little (a lot) out of our price range. We discussed different options in the US, and he chose California. He was particularly interested in seeing National Parks and Alcatraz.
Flights were significantly cheaper flying in and out of Los Angeles, so we added LA to the trip, too.
We stayed in a Super Eight Hotel in Long Beach for our two nights in LA. It was really challenging to find hotels on the trip. Our teenagers are adult sized and 2 double beds won't cut it! We chose this hotel partly because of the price (it was pretty cheap by LA hotel prices), but the room had 2 king sized beds. We had a corner room which was very large. The shower was a little on the short side for Chris & James, but we were only there for two nights. Plus, breakfast was included which is always nice.
While in the Los Angeles area, we discovered Echo Park.
We went on a tour of Warner Brothers Studios.
We did the Hollywood Walk of Fame & Grauman's Chinese Theater.
We got to catch a glimpse of Will Ferrell on the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show.
We went to Griffith Park for some hiking and to see the observatory.
We managed to cram in a lot during our short stay in LA.
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