We arrived in Los Angeles from Sydney around 3pm after a scheduled 4hr stop-over in New Zealand. The 4hr wait in Auckland airport was fairly dull, but it made the rest of the trip pretty sweet as it was only a 10hr flight on thru to LA from there. As we disembarked the jumbo we prepared for questioning at immigration and customs. The 42 boxes of Avondale pens that were spread throughout our luggage sparked a bit of interest from the customs officials, but after a quick body search and a drug and explosives test we were out the door!

After clearing customs we proceeded to Avis rentals via a free shuttle bus from LAX. We got our car squared away—a Ford Escape SUV—and we were on our way. Prior to leaving Oz, we had teed up with Will Gile (2007 Avondale Alumni) to stay with him while we were in LA, so we began to navigate our way from LAX out to his place. That went surprisingly well considering we had to drive from the passenger's seat, on the wrong side of the road thru peak hour traffic.

Will suggested we meet up with him at Taco Bell just around the corner from his place and so we got our first taste of Taco Bell that night!