Day 9 Santa Monica CA pop. 87,000

I am sitting on our balcony overlooking the ocean while Deb and Karen are shopping.  Now I can write anything I want without getting their approval!!  We made it safely to the end of Route 66 at about 3:30 California time.  The trip today included a stop at a fresh fruit market and a drive through Hollywood, stopping to see the stars in the sidewalk and some other interesting things.  These three Midwest girls did pretty well manuevering in this big city and I wanted to lay on the horn just once because everyone else was but for Karen's sake didn't.  We got a great rate on an ocean view room and even got a better deal after finding a dead cockroach under the chair!  Took pictures at the end of route 66, met Dan Rice's wife and told her hi from Tatoo Man and ate  seafood at the end of the pier.  Karen tried fish tacos and I ate onions!  Walked down to the beach and watched a beautiful sunset, a great ending to a great day.  The hotel has a business room with compter but no usb port and you had to pay $0.10 a minute so again, no pictures.  Next time I will bring a laptop and won't have this problem. We leave tomorrow afernoon and get into MSP late.  Check the blog on Sunday afternoon for a final post.  Thanks for following along on this "Adventure"
P.S.   Praying for Sawyer Hanson today as he had his second surgery and wishing my parents a happy 56 th wedding anniversary.