California Adventure Day Four
Day four was our last day in the LA area before heading to Anaheim for VidCon. I didn’t have much planned for us besides visiting the Griffith Observatory. The Observatory is a cross between a museum and a planetarium – with an awesome view. It sits atop Mount Hollywood and you can see for miles. Best part about it – admission is free!
The weather was perfect and we got there early before the first planetarium show started so we had plenty of time to roam around the grounds and get some great pictures.
The fight scene from “Rebel Without a Cause” was filmed on the front steps
Here’s our walk around the building:
Ceiling of the entry way
We got tickets for two planetarium shows. Channeling my inner nerd, I was beyond excited about this because I think the last time I was in a planetarium, I was in sixth grade! The shows were really neat. The guy who was narrating them looked and sounded just like he actor in the Cadillac commercials. You know the one who says we parked a car on the moon and left the keys in it? Yeah, that guy.
Lunch was at the on site cafe and after we successfully pissed off everyone behind us in line by ordering 3 burritos (one lady making them) we sat outside. Here is where I experienced something I don’t think I will ever forget. I had to use the restroom and entering the door before me was a lady with a baby and a boy who couldn’t have been more than 5. They went into the large stall with the baby changer. We were the only ones in there. I hear the lady talking to the boy and she’s using the F word in every sentence, just casually like it was no big deal. Then the boy said something as a whisper which I couldn’t hear to which she replied LOUDLY ” I don’t give a F! What the F is she gonna do? I’ll tear her F-ing head off and feed it to her for lunch!” At this point I hope to God she’s not talking about me and decide I’d better finish up and get the hell out of there. This lady had some serious issues to be cussing in front of a young boy like that. Later on during lunch I see her leaving with another lady and I assume that is who she was talking about.
Our lunch view before the bathroom horror show
From lunch we decide we’ve seen everything and decide to make our way back to the car. About halfway there, my daughter asked…what about the gift shop? So we headed back and checked that out. To the left of the gift shop was another exhibit area that we didn’t even know existed. It was an entire area devoted to space and the planets. I could feel my inner nerd tingling again so we had to go in.
After seeing the last few sights of the observatory it was time to head back. We had been there all day, as it was now almost 4pm! Time flies when you’re having fun. We had to drive to Anaheim to check into our hotel for VidCon. The LA traffic was horrid and a 30 mile ride took us about 4 hours! We made a pit stop at the iconic Randy’s Donuts near the airport.
The donut itself…not that impressive unfortunately! Finally made our way into Anaheim and downed some crabs at Joe’s Crab Shack before calling it a night!
Day Five – Disneyland and VidCon registration!
