For our stay in Los Angeles, Sarah and I chose Dockweiler a campground on the beach. We were a little nervous. The reviews for the site were mainly positive. It had been rated one of California's top RV parks. However, several reviews complained about the plane noise from LAX, and a few others complained that the beach fires cause a lot of noise at night and made a big mess. So we were completely surprised to find a beautifully perfect beach. We saw no evidence of campfires at all, and loved everything about the park. Even the planes landing and taking off out of LAX couldn't have spoiled staying on the beach.
Our first stop in Los Angeles was Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Graumans was getting ready for the preview of Captain America. Hollywood Blvd. had been blocked. And the red carpet was rolled out. They even had various super heroes out working the crowd.
Sofie and Rylan enjoyed matching up their hands and feet with the stars.
After Hollywood, we went to CityWalk at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. We walked through a bunch of shops. And then went and saw the much awaited Harry Potter movie. After the movie I snapped a few shots of Sofie and Chloe playing in the bubbles.
On our return to Dockweiler, we let the kids swim.
We started our second day in Los Angeles at the Page Museum (LaBrea Tar Pits). The kids loved seeing all of the pre-historic animal bones. And the story of the tar pits was completely fascinating. We are still discussing it...
After the Page Museum, we ate lunch at the birthplace of the french dip. The sandwiches were really good. If you are in LA, give it a try. YUM!
We spent our afternoon at The Griffith Observatory. It is in Griffith Park, home of the Hollywood Sign. Beautiful building and the views were amazing. The exhibits were really pretty cool too. We even watched an interesting talk about the formation of comets.
Elsie and Sofie were dressed the same. It made keeping track of these two a little harder. Their heights are similar, and they have the same color hair, so from the back, we were counting the wrong kid. Luckily, they were buddies this trip, and we usually found them together.
Our second day in LA, we visited The Getty. A large art museum, which is a sculpture in itself. It sits on a huge hill, so more amazing views. The art was beautiful. The kids were pretty tolerant of the museum, and they loved the family exhibit. 
Noah drawing bugs and butterflies in the family exhibit.
We ate a quick picnic lunch at Santa Monica Beach. And then walked up on the Pier. (I don't know where they shot the opening scene from Lost Boys, but the Santa Monica Pier always reminds me of that movie!)
Sofie was cold!
We also visited The Santa Monica Aquarium. It's pretty small, but it is mainly touch tanks for the kiddos to pet a lot of different sea life. I loved the Sea Hare. So soft. 
That night Rylan lost his first tooth!
After returning to Dockweiler, we let the kids swim. It was 67 degrees outside and there were plenty of other people swimming. That's like swimming in March. Brrrr...
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