Hollywood

More hiking! This time we decided to hike the Hollywood sign. It is a beautiful view when you get to the top, one direction looking over downtown LA to Catalina Island, the other side overlooking Burbank. It is a cool hike. There is an insane amount of security around the sign, cameras everywhere, so the closest you can get is the trail above the sign. But its still a beautiful view and a great work out!

The cousins

Kathy Hansen, a good friend of the Westons, led the hike up to the top. Little did we know that once we got to the top we would have to do little arm exercises to make sure we got a full body work out. Which was followed by a spiritual thought. Physically and spiritually fed in the Hollywood Hills.

Jeffrey's mom and Kathy

[Hollywood sign fun fact: It was originally built as "Hollywoodland" to show a new housing development in the '20s. After the hype of the housing development declined, the sign was to be removed. They took away the -land part of the sign, much to the disappointment of the Hollywood residents. At this point, local celebrities thought the sign was a staple of the area and decided to buy individual letters to keep the remaining part of the sign up. Just a few years ago they wanted to remove the sign again due to its huge expense. Hugh Hefner, Gene Autry, Alice Cooper, and many other (random) celebrities bought the letters again to keep the sign up.]