26Feb 2018 by Ryan No Comments

Universal Studios Hollywood

Travel
It took 2 hours...to drive 36 miles over to Universal Studios. Such a short distance made really long by traffic. As soon as we got into Universal Studios around 10am we immediately went to Hogwarts and rode Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. The Harry Potter ride and land was basically the entire reason for making the trip to Universal Studios. The ride was a really cool mixture of Screens/projections and animatronic models. There are a few transitions that feel natural and seamless in the ride that leave you with a wow that was really cool feeling. We rode this ride twice once first thing at 10:30, and again as the last ride of the night at 7pm. The wait-times at Universal are a lot longer. For lunch we ate…
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25Feb 2018 by Ryan No Comments

USS Iowa Battleship Museum and the Hollywood sign

Travel
On February 19th we visited the USS Iowa museum in Los Angeles. My brother really likes US Navy ships and wanted to see a Battleship. It was neat to see, and well done. they are still opening some of the rooms up on the tours. This was a ship that carried Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference. We got to walk all the way up to the pilots deck, seeing crew cabins, officer cabins, the captains quarters, and numerous gun emplacements on the way up. The highlight for me was listening to a Veteran talk about the ship and its history. [gallery columns="4" size="medium" ids="783,784,785,786,787,788,789,790,791,792,793,794,795,796,797"] Next we went on an adventure to see the Hollywood sign. Google maps took us all around on this backstreets on the way to Griffith park…
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