We tend to try and take a couple vacations a year, and specifically try to take a week off locally and then a week off a little farther away.

Back in May we did a coastal tour in South Carolina. I realized then I felt like we had a ton of minivactions in a week, and while it was fun, it was a little tiring. But looking back, it seems like we were gone for so much longer. And regardless of exhaustion, it's the memories that linger and keep me holding on until each new vacation.

Stephen is in love with cars. I don't know if that has been properly conveyed here. He has loved anything with wheels since he was a kid. Used to get in trouble for drawing cars, and still has books filled with his sketches (he was really good too). He worked hard at a young age, saving up enough money to buy his first car at the age of 14, before he could even legally drive. Over the years he has bought and sold probably more than 35 vehicles, and currently we have about 6 cars in our yard for sale.

Couple of years ago we went out to Vegas for the SEMA show, and this year we're back at it! So this morning, way earlier than I cared to, we headed to the airport with my parents. They were kind enough to drop us off so we wouldn't have to pay parking for a week, especially since the airport is 15 minutes from the house.

Our flight left at 5:20 am, and we arrived safely and relatively rested at 10 am PST in Los Angeles, California!

We made it! 🌴

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It took a while to get our car rental. Unfortunately we were a tad late to pick it up, and then the guy who was picking us up was a tad later. But we did go through Turo.com which let us rent a Camero convertible for almost the same price as a regular rental, just ignore the fact there was a bullet hole through the door.

Please ignore my awkward angle here.

We had most of the day to just wander around and site see. So we did just that. We headed on down to the coast. Dipped our toes in the sand at Long Beach, which was completely barren and weird-->I'm used to Myrtle Beach, y'all.

We found an In-and-Out to eat at, a must when you're out west. We then tried to find some famous sites. Saw the old Fantasy Factory (now a mattress warehouse), Fast and Furious's Terreto's house, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air house, The Dunphy's house on Modern Family, and more. None quite feeling or seeming like they do in real life, the Bel-Air house was surrounded by a giant fence and you could barely see it, not to mention it was itty bitty. But what did make me happy was to see the family who lives in the Dunphy's house, decorating for Halloween, in true Claire form...