I've never been a beach person - nor much of a water person for that matter - there are only lakes and rivers in the land-locked Prairies scoured out of the ground by the glacial action of the last ice age and the meltwaters of the Rocky Mountains .

But, I think I could be...

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2013.04.06	On Wilshire Boulevard
Comment	Time to see a little city. Today it's Wilshire Boulevard , one of the main east-west routes through western Los Angeles. Since we prefer scenic routes, we'll enter off the Pacific Coast Highway and traffic isn't so bad on a Saturday. The Getty Villa along the PCH                         Beverly Hilton     Santa Monica Blvd     Rodeo Drive     we'll detour through     and have a look on Rodeo Drive     like most other     malls these days,     but on the street.     Back the other way     showing off a Veyron             Beverly Wilshire     back on Wilshire     Beverly Drive                 LACMA     La Brea Tar Pits                     downtown in the distance The Boulevard connects five of LA's major business districts together but ends unceremoniously short of downtown LA proper.