reLAX

Hey all. 9:15 AM CT here in Los Angelas. We're sitting in the food court area at LAX, still trying to work out our plans for the next 9 or 10 hours of the day. Our flight leaves at 9:45 PM. The sky is very gray, which took place of all the fog everywhere at 6ish this morning when we got off our train. Supposedly the sun will come out.

Sleeping last night was... well. Imagine trying to sleep on a dentist's chair that doesn't exactly recline nearly as much. And there's an air conditioner blasting your entire body. Forever. And blow-up pillows and tiny sheets of paper blankets cost $8 a person. So, we braved the elements with our jackets and a sleeping bag covering most of our bodies. This is pretty much how the night prior went as well.

We haven't had much of an opportunity to see LA... the train came in so late/early that everything was dark. A bus driven by the world's most talented bus driver took us from Union Station to LAX. Sadly, stupidly, we didn't take any pictures. I think we were concerned for our phones' lives, and I accidentally packed our camera away which was snug under the bus.

I should have figured that my dandy little McDonald's bacon+egg+cheese biscuit would have cost me one of my future children's college funds here in an airport, but I got it anyway. Hunger is as hunger does.

LA has these really goofy-looking palm trees that jut up about 1,000 feet into the sky and are topped with, well, palms. They really look like those stupid things kids put on the ends of their pencils in place of an eraser. Sorry, I'm being critical again. Their trees are lovely. No, really.

Oh, and to wrap up on Texas and the last few states really... I've decided I can't tell a difference, at least from a train, between (most of) Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. But, no. Shrubs are awesome.

From here, we may watch the Hobbit in ritualistic preparation, or hoof it some 4 miles to Venice Boardwalk, provided we can check our 40 lb. bags away with the Air NZ folks and run away from the airport. I'm not sure if this is allowed or if it looks sketchy on our part, but it should make for a unique day.

I'll probably do one more post tonight before we swish away into the skies.

Thank you, that is all.

- Seth