Day 5, Los Angeles, CA

Hours of driving: 22

Greetings from the west coast. Hard to believe we have made it this far already. The wedding in Tucson was just delightful. We stayed at a fantastic resort where we spent lots of time relaxing by the pool with Adam's high school friends. He was tickled pink to play catch up with his buddies. The ceremony was outside at sunset with the backdrop of the mountains behind. We ate like kings and drank like fish. We also witnessed what we now refer to as "one hell of a hora". I think it lasted about a half hour. The bride was half Moroccan so there was a special ceremony that was performed at the rehearsal dinner as well where everyone dressed up in robes and carried the bride out on chair as a queen. They danced around carried plates of sweet breads and her father put this brown dye on everyone's hand. Since no one told us that it was dye, many of us assumed it was chocolate and tasted it. It was exactly like licking a shag carpet (name that movie!).

So tomorrow I head up to Healdsburg, leaving Adam to work and play in LA with his friends. Today we are checking out the Fox Studios where a college friend of mine has recently begun working. He said Luke Perry stopped by yesterday. I can only hope he forgot his sunglasses and needs to come back today. I'd probably get star-struck and call him Dylan though.