Itinerary Confirmed

Well it's time to confirm my itinerary as Kamdyn (Oliver's daughter) who lives in Brooklyn with her domestic partner, is happy for me to stay with her. My time in NY will include a day walking the length of Manhattan (21 km) and a day in Washington D.C. I also want to see the "Rent" show on Broadway.

Oliver is taking a week of work to spend time with me over my week in LA.

LA will include a walk on Sunset Blvd and 3 days in Death Valley.

Sunset Strip

I wandered along the strip by myself on a dark Monday night in February, 2007. Some on the iconic music venues are the following: The Viper Room, Whisky-a-go-go and Roxy.

Maybe Las Vegas instead of Manhattan

I may not go to New York yet because of the cost of getting over there and for accommodation. My thoughts are to fly to Las Vegas, walk the "Strip" and get a bus for a day trip to Death Valley.

I will need to check in with Oliver as it would mean him taking three days of work to visit Death Valley.

However if I go to New York I could stay with Kamdyn (Oliver's daughter) or Kami as she is known.

Some Photos from the Internet

Proposed Itinerary

It is about 480 km from Aliso Viejo to Death Valley or 28o km from Las Vegas.

Sat 19-Apr Leave NZ, Arrive LA 12.25pm
Sun 20-Apr
Mon 21-Apr Walk Sunset Blvd
Tues 22-Apr
Wed 23-Apr To Death Valley
Thurs 24-Apr Death Valley
Fri 25-Apr From Death Valley

Sat 26-Apr To New York
Sun 27-Apr
Mon 28-Apr Walk 1/2 Manhattan
Tues 29-Apr Walk 2nd 1/2 Manhattan
Wed 30-Apr
Thurs 1-May
Fri 2-May Leave New York Leave LA 9.30pm for New Zealand

How Long Will It Take?

The length of Sunset Boulevard is 24.1km or 40km, not quite the distance of a marathon of 42.2km.

Victor Margolin started from City Hall at 8.30am and finished at 7.30pm taking 11 hours.

Jeremy Rosenberg started from the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Figueroa Street at 7.45am and finished at 5.50pm taking 10 hours amd 5 minutes.

Will Campbell started from Union Station at 6.30am and finished at 4.13pm taking 9 hours and 43 mins.

The walk goes through the following areas:

• Echo Park
• Silverdale
• Hollywood
• West Hollywood
• Beverly Hills
• Bel-Air
• Westwood
• UCLA campus (North)
• Brentwood
• Pacific Palisades

Websites

You can find virtually anything you want on the web including walks along Sunset Boulevard.

http://tigger.uic.edu/~victor/personal/lawalk.pdf - Walking Sunset Boulevard by Victor Margolin

www.losjeremy.com/blog/archives/2002/07/the_long_walkth.html - The Long Walk by Jeremy Rosenberg

http://blogging.la/archives/2007/02/walking_in_la_the_lincoln_town.phtml - Walking in L.A.: The Lincoln Town Camper

www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/sunset-boulevard.htm

www.seeing-stars.com/Streets/SunsetBlvdMap.shtml

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Death+Valley,+CA,+United+States+of+America&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title Map from Aliso Viejo to Death Valley