May 28 All I wanna do is have some fun...

 May 28   about 56 miles.  Pomona to Huntington Beach.  Airbnb for 2 nights.

Headed into Los Angeles proper today.  Not a long distance , but following Route 66  kept us off the main hiways so lots of stop and go traffic.   Just not fun driving.  Requires too much concentration for  both the driver and navigator.  

We must be in LA - look at the palm trees!

We finally made it to LA's Museum Mile.  We hit 2 museums.  Petersen Automotive museum was first.  Three stories of cars set into unique displays.  Section showing automotive advances over the years, section on return to electric, section on supercars, section on customized  cars, section on vehicles from movies,  section on 4 wheelers, and a display of Chip Ganassi winning NASCAR, Indy and IMSA cars.  Very unique building on the outside.   Got there a bit late then spent more time there than expected. 

The Petersen Museum - you can't miss it

Jaguar XJ220, Saleen S7, and Maserati MC12. 

Who wouldn't want that collection in their garage?

Obligatory Porsche picture 1951  356 SL Gmund Coupe

Willock Swivel Frame Chassis on a Dodge Power Wagon - for the serious off roader

1934 Packard custom created for James Hetfield of Metallica fame 

The original 1966 Batmobile = got to love it!

Then we walked down the street to the La Brea Tar Pit Park and Museum.   These tar pits are still gurgling away today.  The odor is distinct.  Pretty fascinating that these tar pits have been here at least 40,000 years and mastodons, sabre tooth tigers and other now extinct animals would succumb to the tar and eventually fossilize.  Huge collection of fossils are still being unearthed, cleaned and categorized. 

A tar pit - still catching bugs, birds and whatever else falls in 

We considered heading to Santa Monica Pier and crossing the Route 66 finish line but it was getting late, we were getting tired and hungry, and we still had to get to our airbnb for the night.  Our original plan was to go to the pier tomorrow so that's what we'll do.