7-11-17

We left Disney behind about 8:40 and drove to CalTech in Pasadena. Lorelei has expressed interest in astrophysics as a major and so we setup a college tour. We got to see the houses(they don't use the term dorms), some classrooms and gear a student talk about the school. Then the admissions guy gave his presentation. Of course, Lorelei loved the school. 

Afterwards, we stopped for lunch and the drive through Burbank to replace some food items at the grocery store. 

We stopped in to the visitor center for Santa Monica National Recreation Area to complete a junior ranger badge and get some advice on things to do that did not involve walking for miles on the hot sun and the ranger recommended a beach north of Malibu. Malibu is actually part of the NRA and the entire park is another great collaboration between NPS, state parks and the cities in the area. California has the collaboration thing down as far as recreation areas go. We stopped at The beach and spent about three hours climbing the rocks, tide pooling and watching the surfers. We spent the night in Port Hueneme (pronounced we-nee-me) with pizza and a movie for dinner.