Oh Tyler, Tyler. Wherefore Art Thou, Tyler?

Astute readers will notice that I haven't updated the website for a little while. You see, I found out my grandma is reading it now so I'm trying to come up with something appropriate for it. No, not really. I mean, my grandma is reading it but I have plenty of appropriate material. The reality is I've been away from internet access for a while and haven't had a chance to update. On Monday I decided to head down to San Diego for a few days so that is where I have been.

I didn't want to leave LA until traffic had calmed down on Monday so Jon and I decided to head down to Venice Beach.

Baywatch!



Koala-T checking out dudes at Muscle Beach:



Boardwalk:



A real surf van:



That night I headed south. I accidentally got on a toll road and by the time it became apparent it would have been way out of my way to go around. Luckily it was late and pretty much deserted because it took me awhile to pay. It was $4.50 to go through but the machine wouldn't take my soft and supple $5 bill. Instead I had to insert a crisp $20 bill. Fifteen Susan B. Anthonys later I was on my way.

San Diego was pleasant. I was just there a few years ago but it was still nice to see the sights. I mainly spent time downtown along the waterfront but eventually I did manage to head to the zoo.

Downtown:





I took Koala-T to the San Diego Zoo so he could be with his fellow marsupials:









Koalas weren't the only cute cuddly creatures at the zoo. They also had girls who handled porcupines:



On Friday I decided to head back up to Los Angeles. I arrived in LA early in the afternoon. Luckily the local Salvation Armies were having a 50% off sale so we headed out to gather some bargains. Afterwards we went grocery shopping and made a delicious dinner of pasta and garlic bread.

Watch out for Saturday, with weather this nice you never know what might happen!