Day 7, May 9, 2009 Part 3

I do believe this was my favorite part of the whole LA experience. I've always loved the beach and the ocean, and I just fell in love with Santa Monica.






I found out something very cool. The Santa Monica Pier is almost on the same latitude as the Tybee Island Pier (Tybee = 31.991853, Santa Monica = 34.00943), so essentially I have seen both coasts from the same latitudinal plane. Cool!

The pier was alive with energy. The entire city of Santa Monica was, but yet it retained that laid back, relaxed feeling that is California.
















There were performers and dancers, and if you were brave enough, you could fly on the trapeze.






Just off the pier head toward Venice Beach is the original location of Muscle Beach.




The weight benches have been replaced by rings, ropes, balance beems that are well beyond my skill level. It's a good thing that some of the performers from Cirque du Soliel come out on the weekends to work out, practice, and show off a little.






I could have sat and watched this for hours. At one point I looked over and about 20 feet from me was Gary Busey, also watching the acrobats. He shook their hands and took off down the beach.

If you ever make it out to the Santa Monica Pier, there is a great Mexican restaurant all the way at the end called Mariasol Cocina. It's a great place to watch the sunset, but you might want to bring a light jacket as it can get chilly in the early evening.


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