Los Angeles: Days 3 and 4

After driving in a van for 13 plus hours to Los Angeles from Rexburg, ID, I was certainly glad that it was worth the trip! Here are some more shots on the trip.

Brittany at the Getty Museum. (Fun fact: Brittany turned out to be the sister-in-law of my very first roommate at Southern Virginia University! I had a lot of fun with Brittany :) )

My skirt matched all the roses in the gardens!

A view of the Getty Villa. It was built to hold the antiquities collection of Paul Getty. It is styled after the Villa dei Papiri in Pompei. Beautiful!

On the Santa Monica Beach with Ray

Brittany and the Beach....it was sooooo wonderful to see the Ocean! I haven't seen the Pacific Ocean since I lived in Hawaii!

Nick and Virginia on the beach.

This is most delicious shrimp from Bubba Gump Shrimp. I thought I didn't like sea food, but this stuff is good!

The Huntington Villa and gardens.

Orchids in the Rainforest garden.

The Lily pad Garden at the Huntington Villa.

Los Angeles: Days 1 and 2

This past week I had the amazing opportunity to go to Los Angeles with a few people from the Art Department at BYU Idaho. The trip was full of art, culture....and some culture shock! It was a lovely trip full of art museums and lots and lots of picture taking. I honestly can't say if I've ever even been to a museum in the United States. I enjoyed seeing new things and learning new things. Here, I've posted just a few of the photos I took while in Cali.

On our way down to California, we stopped in Utah at the Spiral Jetty. It was covered pretty well in water, but still in was a beautiful site. Did you know that one reason why the artist decided to put the Jetty in the Salt Lake was because of the red algae that grows there? I thought that was an interesting fact. The water had a pinkish tint to it.

More from the Spiral Jetty.

We stopped by the Norman Simon Museum and saw beautiful paintings by Van Gogh, Cezzane, and Picaso, as well as these beautiful sculptures by Edgar Degas. (I really hope I'm spelling all of these names correctly!)

I wish I knew the name of this type of tree....it was in the gardens of the Norman Simon Museum.

More from the gardens.

Caitlin and Virginia just outside of the Antique Center in Pasadena. The antiques were amazing!

Lamp posts outside of the L.A. County Museum.

Near L.A. County Museum

Delicious food at the Grove.  Didn't see any famous people though...