California Trip

So this past week, I spent my time driving to California with my family for our summer trip. It was a blast. We left early Thursday morning and went straight to the beach. It was quite disturbing though at first because people just change outside their cars. Since I am not that type of person to do that, I found a bathroom to change in. Anyways, it was over cast and the ocean was quite chilly, but after about 2 minutes, you get used to it. I was dumb and didnt put sun screen on, even though my mom told me at least 20 times. So I am suffering the consequenses now. WE were there for about 4 hours and then went to the hotel. It was so nice. We had a free dinner and free breakfast there which was great. The next day, we got up and went to Sea World for 12 hours! It was so much fun but I was so exhausted. I really liked watching the shows. It is amazing at what these animals can do. How in the world are they trained to do that is my question. We watched the fireworks from there and then took off. Well, not really took off because we spent an hour and a half stalled in traffic. It was so crowded. But we got to my aunts house at 2:30 in the morning and I got hardly any sleep...mostly because of my sun burn. We woke up saturday morning and planned out our day. We went to Rodeo Drive, Hollywood and then to see the play Wicked which was very entertaining. But I want to go back to what I thought of Rodeo Drive and Hollywood. There were some cool places to see there. On Rodeo Drive, every other car was a BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Porche, Lamborgenie, and Rolls Royces. Quite extravagent. But, the prices for these clothes were outragious! I mean, $750 for a pair of jeans. Not $7.50, but SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS!!!!! There were some places that just didnt have a tag for a price so they can just screw you over. I just don't see a need to pay that much for a pair of jeans. I'm quite happy with my 2 for $20 shorts from Old Navy. Hollywood was really fun to see. There were alot of cool places like the Kodak theater, the Old Chinese Theater with the stars handprints and things, and lots of stores. But, all in all, it was just a bunch of fluff. It may be fun to see these cool things, but in reality, it is just fluff. The whole time I kept thinking about the tree of life story in first nephi. This is the large and spacious building that both Lehi and Nephi saw. Thousands upon thousands of people flock to these places to try and meet the stars or they are just obsessed and think they are so much better because they saw such and such in Hollywood. But there is no true happiness there. Sure there were some cool stores, but then there were the ones that advertised things about sex and drugs, something that is abominable to the Lord. My guess is Hollywood and Rodeo Drive are on the Lord's top ten list of places to burn at the second coming. Another thing I had a problem with was girls dressing immodestly. Like holy crap girls, but some dang clothes on. I know its hot, but you dont see me flashing my chest around because it is hot. If these girls knew what went thru a guys head, or even a 40 year old guys head, I think they would change their minds on wearing such sleazy slutty clothes. Anyways, I need to get off this rant box. The play Wicked was great. I had never really seen the Wizard of Oz before, so I was very lost in the beginning of the play, but I soon caught on and enjoyed it. This morning, we left for home and we arrived safely. It is nice to be home, but dang its hot here!