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Hello everyone! Hope you all have recovered from the holiday season nicely! 
Well I just made it out here to L.A. a little over a week ago and man what a dump!!
I'm totally kidding! L.A. is insanely nice!! I'm sure there are areas that are dumpy and I've already heard which areas to stay clear of, but comparatively speaking this is easily one of the prettier cities in the U.S., especially if mountains and the ocean/beach are your thing. One of the great things about L.A. is, unlike many ppls ideas that you have to choose one or the other (mountains or the ocean) when deciding where to live, you don't have to compromise here! I love that ... much more to do than in mountain-less land-locked Atl.
So I drove the whole way with whatever could fit in my car which isn't a whole lot. In fact when I got my storage space, only a 5x5, and unloaded my car I barely filled the ground of my unit lol!
The drive itself was pretty hellish. The first day I drove like 12hrs stopping in Fort Worth(less) and the second day I drove I think 15hrs. From Fort Worth to Tucson. Tucson was nice. I had hoped that I would get to see each state I was driving through during the day, but on the second day I drove completely through New Mexico at night and missed, from what my friends have told me, nothing remarkable. One funny thing was the highway stop where the only question they asked me was if I was a U.S. citizen ... I told them "Yes" and was simply allowed to keep moving.
The third day was lighter at about 8hrs to L.A. Went through Indio, Palm Springs and was pretty much grinning ear to ear once I hit California. Palm Springs was cool and the windmill generators were at first very interesting, but quickly became a tad much especially when seeing how many it takes to power one city. I guess solar panel fields must be less efficient. So lucky me I arrived in L.A. at 5pm Thursday. Still everyone tells me I made great time since I left on Tuesday and arrived on Thursday ... no I didn't break any speeding laws as my car couldn't even handle the 80mph zones I was driving through in Texas lmao!!
Ok so upon arriving in L.A. I was trying to drive to my storage facility before they closed and hitting the 101 at 5pm with an hour to get to Chatsworth area. Like the idiot I am I couldn't remember if the nice lady at the facility told me to get off on the 110 or stay on the 101. Later I would find out she wanted me to stay on the 101 but at the time the 110 just seemed soo right! So I get on that insano road, speed through the really dope tunnels at rates that those turns were never designed for ppl to take them at, and then back track to the 101 once I realized that I screwed up. Now I realize that I could have caught a connecting freeway to Chatsworth but after driving for three days I just kept to what I knew ... you know K.I.S.S. Finally I get back to the 101 and take it till I hit Topenga Canyon which is close to where I'm staying now ... the traffic and drivers are the worst thing about this city but there always has to be something suckie..
Got to see the city over the following days and have really grown fond of my new living area. Well anyway hope you enjoyed my Travel Log, I do have some pictures I took from my car when traveling to El Paso through a really pretty section but that's about it. Maybe I'll be able to get those up we'll see! Hope you guys are doing well!
Well I just made it out here to L.A. a little over a week ago and man what a dump!!
I'm totally kidding! L.A. is insanely nice!! I'm sure there are areas that are dumpy and I've already heard which areas to stay clear of, but comparatively speaking this is easily one of the prettier cities in the U.S., especially if mountains and the ocean/beach are your thing. One of the great things about L.A. is, unlike many ppls ideas that you have to choose one or the other (mountains or the ocean) when deciding where to live, you don't have to compromise here! I love that ... much more to do than in mountain-less land-locked Atl. So I drove the whole way with whatever could fit in my car which isn't a whole lot. In fact when I got my storage space, only a 5x5, and unloaded my car I barely filled the ground of my unit lol!
The drive itself was pretty hellish. The first day I drove like 12hrs stopping in Fort Worth(less) and the second day I drove I think 15hrs. From Fort Worth to Tucson. Tucson was nice. I had hoped that I would get to see each state I was driving through during the day, but on the second day I drove completely through New Mexico at night and missed, from what my friends have told me, nothing remarkable. One funny thing was the highway stop where the only question they asked me was if I was a U.S. citizen ... I told them "Yes" and was simply allowed to keep moving.
The third day was lighter at about 8hrs to L.A. Went through Indio, Palm Springs and was pretty much grinning ear to ear once I hit California. Palm Springs was cool and the windmill generators were at first very interesting, but quickly became a tad much especially when seeing how many it takes to power one city. I guess solar panel fields must be less efficient. So lucky me I arrived in L.A. at 5pm Thursday. Still everyone tells me I made great time since I left on Tuesday and arrived on Thursday ... no I didn't break any speeding laws as my car couldn't even handle the 80mph zones I was driving through in Texas lmao!!
Ok so upon arriving in L.A. I was trying to drive to my storage facility before they closed and hitting the 101 at 5pm with an hour to get to Chatsworth area. Like the idiot I am I couldn't remember if the nice lady at the facility told me to get off on the 110 or stay on the 101. Later I would find out she wanted me to stay on the 101 but at the time the 110 just seemed soo right! So I get on that insano road, speed through the really dope tunnels at rates that those turns were never designed for ppl to take them at, and then back track to the 101 once I realized that I screwed up. Now I realize that I could have caught a connecting freeway to Chatsworth but after driving for three days I just kept to what I knew ... you know K.I.S.S. Finally I get back to the 101 and take it till I hit Topenga Canyon which is close to where I'm staying now ... the traffic and drivers are the worst thing about this city but there always has to be something suckie..
Got to see the city over the following days and have really grown fond of my new living area. Well anyway hope you enjoyed my Travel Log, I do have some pictures I took from my car when traveling to El Paso through a really pretty section but that's about it. Maybe I'll be able to get those up we'll see! Hope you guys are doing well!
lol The drivers do suck though ...
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