California Dreamin

Needless to say we were all excited to see the coast after twelve days together on the bus. We learned pretty quickly what getting around in California entitles. Distances that would take 20 minutes in Nashville took 2 hours to drive to here. We got to go to CBS studios and ran into Mary Hart on the set of ET. After some delicious and healthy food near Santa Monica Beach we got a couple hours of beach time. The weather was perfect and I think half of us passed out for a couple hours. Then we made a long, slightly painful drive to Huntington Beach for some fish tacos and a surfing festival. I found myself very attracted to the beachy feel of California but utterly overwhelmed with the traffic and money involved in literally everything.
Today was Disneyland and Hollywood. We were up at 6:30 to get showers and the park by 11. My first Disney experience was exciting and fun to just scream and enjoy the rides. With a little less than 2 hours in Hollywood we enjoyed some Sushi and Cold Stone and all the interesting people roaming around. Pierce even got to see his Friday Night Lights crush. Back at Big Mama (the bus), which is parked right by a marina, a few of us sat in the sand and enjoyed some country music thanks to Pierce and his guitar. Sorry for the newsy post thats lacking a lot of insight. I figured a little update is better than nothing. We head to San Fran tomorrow!