LA & Alabama Hills

Since my last post I traded in my car and bought a certified (used) VW wagon. I was excited about it, but just as quickly as I was soaking up the sun in my roof-length sunroof, the car was back at the dealership to get repairs due to the leaky glass roof. I still don’t have it back and it’s been over month. More on that, and pictures (hopefully) when I (hopefully) get it back (hopefully) this week (hopefully) (They’ve told me it’ll be ready “tomorrow” almost every day).

Anyway, when I did have that car on the one Friday it was in my possession,(yes I’m bitter) I found a little park in Palos Verdes that had interesting high-altitude views of the Southbay and Downtown LA. Perfect for sunset.

The following weekend Mia’s sister visited us and we drove around PV again, looked for whales migrating, checked out a really cool community, and I found more chances to take photos.

After having a rental car for almost two weeks, the dealership finally let me use a loaner car, a brand new VW Tiguan, not my fault I was already trying to plan a quick overnight 200 miles away. So I slept in the loaner car out on the dirt trails of Alabama Hills. This area is off of highway 395, near Lone Pine. Basically between Sequoia National Park and Death Valley, with crazy boulder formations and awesome views of Mount Whitney and the surrounding eastern Sierra Nevada mountains.

Guess what the loaner car has - The same huge glass roof that has leak problems keeping my car in the shop - also I learned that it doesn’t insulate the car well from outside temperatures. Those temps went into mid-30s at night and I nearly froze, but it was worth it for the sunrise photos. I was basically gone from 7pm Friday to 1pm Saturday, not bad to a quick getaway.