We Love (Nerdy) LA

Armed with a place to stay (thank you, LB!), our reciprocal membership card from the S.B. Natural History Museum and plenty of snacks we set off on a thirty-six hour LA adventure.

We hit the La Brea Tar Pits, LACMA, California Science Center and the LA Natural History Museum.

We discovered new treasures (wooly mammoths are cool!), fueled old passions (dinosaurs for Clara and space travel for Mark), got lost/turned around/someone had the directions wrong (Mark and Leah auto bickering is grand entertainment) and managed to sneak in a trip to Target (come to Santa Barbara already, will you?).

It was a whirlwind trip and admittedly a bit of a nerd fest, but we had the best time. We’re aware that this is a magic season of family togetherness— we can actually do thing with the kids and we're still their favorite people. That combination doesn’t last forever, folks.

But while it’s here we are going to squeeze out every fossil discovery, ice cream sandwich break, cool sculpture admiring, space shuttle gazing, holding-our-hands-for- no-reason moment we can.