Venice Beach

Mom&I headed to Venice Beach for the afternoon

after leaving the Kris Jenner Show taping.

We parked at a lot up the street from the beach

then walked through town toward the water.

Immediately, we saw a "Bicycle Rental" shop

and decided we just had to go beach biking.

We picked two cute&colorful bikes with baskets

and took off down the cement bike path that lined the sand.

We went down as far as we could in one direction

then turned back to head toward Santa Monica

admiring the mountains&buildings as we rode by.

There were quite a few beach-front parks

filled with skateboarders&hippies

and lots of beach houses&shops

filled with partying people & tourist trinkets.

We both snapped pictures while biking.

Sadly, we turned a corner on our trip back

and a couple was taking over the bike path.

I watched my mom slam on the breaks and tip over.

In an effort to catch her, I flew off my bike

and we both ended up with some scrapes&bruises.

Could have been worse, but still annoying.

The funniest part was this group of guys who witnessed our spill

chasing down the couple who continued to walk on the bike path.

After we rode back & returned our bikes

we walked to the car to wash out our wounds

then went to a corner liquor store for bandages.

It was sad to have that kind of ruin our biking experience,

but I still look back on it fondly.

For a couple more hours we walked around Venice Beach.

Mom saw a "Venice Beach Pharmacy" sign

...I had to point out the medical marijuana leaves surrounding it.

Then we looked at sweatshirts (since the weather was surprisingly chilly)

and waited to grab dinner with Elise's cousin who lives in the area.

Pretty successful day with scars as forever reminders.