Venice

Good morning.
I've just returned from my morning walk.
Beautiful out this morning. Sunny and 70.
Back in Santa Monica, here's a very large unusual flowering plant we saw....

It was pretty impressive.
One day, we headed over to Venice Beach. It's a 2 mile walk from the Santa Monica pier, or and easy bus ride, which is what we did.

Venice beach is a very eclectic area. Was a lot of fun people watching

I thought I took more pics, but my phone only has these 3.   :-(
Besides people watching, there were a lot of shops and numerous tattoo parlors. Apparently some people come to Venice to get tats.   :-)
And here's a tree near our hotel....

I've never seen trees with loaded with such pretty purple flowers! But we saw a lot of beautiful flowers and plants here.
So that was our little trip to Santa Monica. Was a very enjoyable trip. Saw a lot of cool stuff, and had a nice time. Most importantly, we got there safe, and got home safe. And no massive highway delays.
Our next big trip will be back to Michigan this summer.