A couple of weeks ago, Peter (Tom's best friend from high school) and his wife Karen came to our place in San Diego for a barbecue and we had a great time! Being from California, they suggested several things that we might enjoy doing....one of them being a visit to Griffith Observatory in L.A. Though we were not planning on heading into L.A., especially not with the RV, we were just thrilled to be seeing Peter and Karen again. Plus, an observatory? Count us in....Tom especially -he's an amateur astronomer! For more information on Griffith Observatory, click
here.
We were so happy to be able to meet up with them Sunday! Peter was an excellent tour guide, and his knowledge of all things astronomy was impressive! I have to say I learned so much from him! Made me wonder if I ever took earth/space science in high school! The planetarium show was the best we've ever seen! (Sorry Hayden Planetarium in NYC!) We had an awesome visit to this very popular place.
The views from outside the Observatory included the sprawling Los Angeles downtown areas (several skylines), and a peek at the Hollywood sign on the hill beyond. The park was very nice, and the hiking trails that we could see from our view from above looked great! Lots to see and do in this urban treasure.
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| a peek at the Griffith Observatory from the entrance area |
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| heading up to meet up with our friends |
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| on the hill beyond.... |
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| see the Hollywood sign in the distance? (trust me, you can read it from here, but hard to photograph with people in the picture) |
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| Hollywood |
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| Griffith Observatory.....a treasure! |
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| Tom and Peter checking out the James Dean plaque-Rebel Without a Cause was filmed here |
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| there's the Hollywood Sign (Karen has a much better picture!) |
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| just one of the skylines |
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| see the trail below....looks great to me! |
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| the best planetarium show we've ever seen! |
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| more views of some trails....looks great! |
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| Fun times!! |
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| Peter and Tom sharing some astronomy information (they are both pretty well versed!) |
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| interactive displays - Infrared |
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| very cool displays.... |
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| Foucault's pendulum -simple proof of the earth's rotation |
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| the pendulum hung down from this beautiful ceiling |
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| Peter taught me a lot at this display! Fascinating stuff....and I'm ready now to learn more! |
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| the coolest periodic table |
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| very nice:) |
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| some interesting info |
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| isn't this a nice display? |
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| back outside.... |
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| early astronomers |
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| sun dial |
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| see the trails? and more skylines in the distance |
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| the boys....really enjoying the day! |
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| very cool displays |
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| our friend Albert, trying to explain something! |
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| Zeiss (Tom's dad worked for Zeiss in Germany before coming to the U.S.) |
Afterwards, we had a fun lunch nearby, filled with lots of laughter. We had such a great time together! (Thank you again Peter and Karen!!)
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| Peter and Karen |
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| us...looking somewhere else! |
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