Our last night at Yosemite was close to being over. We had dinner. This involved rice and chilli bean soup... Which tasted alright... but looked suspiciously like a Suriname toad. Followed by chicken with some weird, yummy orange sauce stuff and veg (for me)... and again, half a cow for Moses. After dinner, we were feeling ballsy. So we decided to try the hike... IN THE DARK!! DUN DUN DAH! 
 
We didn't get very far, at all. 

My footwork was clumsy as ever (even with the dinosaur trot). Plus, it was friggin scary. I was tripping out like a cold duck. So we took a couple of silly pictures, and scuttled back to the cabin. Moses downloaded 'Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs'... Bravo Mr Hutchinson. If you haven't watched it... DO. 

 

So... it was a big, fat goodbye to Yosemite... and hello again, Hollywood. By golly... What a send off. 
Decided to get energized with a big breakfast at the Yosemite Bug Hostel. Because I love food... I wanted to show my appreciation by purchasing the 'Buckwheat Pancakes and fruit'... Moses was happy with a bag of M&Ms... (weirdo). It turned out to be one, big slab of Buckwheat, nommy nom goodness with a sprinkling of healthy fruit and a mini bucket of MAPLE SYRUP. I'll stop going on... If you didn't know, I do like my food. It's an unhealthy obsession. Moses should probably save me before I'm on one of those T.V shows, like 'Biggest Loser USA'. 

So... off we hopped. Packed our things, said goodbye to the Woodpecker... Which incidentally created a little debate between me and Moses... 
We scooted past the staff who were busy making banners for a protest against the government closing down the National Parks. Kinda bummed we didn't join in with that... On second thoughts... If the plan all went t*** up... We probably wouldn't be able to afford the fine... We need money for TRAVELLING... And more pancakes (if I find anymore). 

So after that... Not much else went on... Apart from a long arse trip back to LA Train Station (AKA - Crackhead Central)... Which involved a good 2 and a half hours of BEIGE MOUNTAIN OBSERVATIONS. 

 Quote Of The Day

Moses - "Do you think Woodpeckers peck away to make homes, or to get food?"
Heather - "I think it's just a bad habit"

TODAY
 
We awoke... without the Woodpecker' s peck... But with the sound of toast. We're right next to the breakfast and boogie pit... Which means we are the last ones to hit the hay... and the first to be woken up. Yay, GO BANANA HOSTEL! ... Gruff.

We decided to wash away our failed Yosemite Mission, and run to a happy place called Venice Beach. We didn't actually run there... However, that may have been a quicker option. The buses are a different kind of slow here. I reckon a snail with a hangover would've had a faster pace. The buses are so cramped too!! I think Moses was holding hands with some poor Asian woman for half the journey without realising. 

We bundled out of the bus and hit the beach. We walked from Santa Monica Pier to Venice Beach ... Which probably took us half an hour. 
As expected... More crackheads... There was some complete sponge brain, pissing about with a couple of Pythons. He was blabbering on about Hockey Players ... I think??! Then out the blue, just pops one of the snake's heads in his mouth. Just had a quick gob stoppers worth of snake head... Then, 'BLUP', popped it back out. He'd definitely been practicing that for far too long to master that skill with such ease.
 
There are so many things to look at along Venice Beach. Great place for people watching. Saw way too many crazy, old guys riding around on their mobility scooters, blaring their music (some absolute tunes if I'm honest...) cracked me up big time. 

We chilled out on the beach for a bit. Moses was listening to some music, I got busy sketching, and proceeded to people watch. HeHe... 

Food was next. Moses got the amazingly, flavoursome chilli fries, and I got frozen yoghurt. Not sure that was wise. Seemed to draw unwanted attention. Had some guy ask if he can have a lick of my ice cream?! And then got all excited about British accents. Should've corrected him... 
"It's actually frozen yoghurt."
And then some weird clown thing/person wanted to make sure I was enjoying my frozen goods. 
 
We made our way back to the Banana Bungalow. They had food on the go... this little French dude was whipping up some chicken salad. With apples?!? 
So don't worry mums!! We are certainly getting fed! Alison... I think there may have been onion in Moses' chilli fries... So he's getting his vitamins! 

We had a butch at some of the brochures at the hostel.We might visit LA Zoo next. I just wanna see a monkey in a hat... 

 Quote Of The Day
 
(The rudest person to ride public transport)

 "I'm getting off. Can you move? Moveee, I'm coming off the bus."