Running the gauntlet

Half an hour on the Ventura Freeway brought us to the San Fernando Valley, once famous for its malls and the irritating language of its female mall rats.  Over the next three hours, by way of the Ventura, Hollywood, Santa Ana, and finally San Diego Freeways, we traversed the smog shrouded megalopolis of Los Angeles from Calabasas to San Clemente, a distance of nearly 100 miles.

I now understand why rich people are so fond of chauffeurs and helicopters.

I still don't understand why anyone, rich or poor, is fond of LA.

Beyond San Clemente, civilization ends and Camp Pendleton begins.  The first town past Marine Land is Oceanside.  We have come to rest here because it is at the northern edge of the San Diego megalopolis, and one megalopolis a day is my limit.

Southern California could use a little rain.

Day 116

Oxnard, CA to Oceanside, CA

Daily Mileage:  153.8
Total Mileage:  13,807.7