Today we went to La Brea Tar Pits. They were amazing! These are from the museum next door.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[George McGovern]

1. Remarkable! Nice outdoor pictures. Glad nobody fell in.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thanks so much, dear George!

They really know how to protect us from ourselves. It's pretty nearly impossible to fall in! Besides, the stuff stinks!

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Thanks for sharing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My pleasure, my dear Curt! Glad you came by. ♥

[CurtEastPoint]

6. One day I want to revisit LA and go to the Getty. And maybe the Tar Pits!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. You definitely should! All of the above. ♥

[Enter stage left]

5. I've been there twice, first time 60 years ago with my parents...

last time 52 years ago with my new wife.

They are amazing, the the exhibits are exquisite.

Thank you for posting this, it takes my mind off some of the problems we have nowadays.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I'm so glad I could help, my dear Enter stage left! It is an amazing and gorgeous place. ♥

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. I want to go to there.

The last time I was close, I didn’t have the time I would need to see it properly.

Fun fact: a friend of mine had a mastodon discovered on property that she owned.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I hope you can make it! It's definitely worth a trip.

Your lucky friend!

[StClone]

10. Two Grand kids, their parents, my wife and I,...

...are planning a trip there in March of 2022. Hope it works out.
Thanks!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. That's a great time of year to visit. No summer heat, and fewer tourists.

I hope you can work it out too!

[MLAA]

13. Wow. Thank you for sharing

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Aw, thank you so much, my dear MLAA! Sharing is my middle name. ♥

[Demovictory9]

14. I had a job affiliated wirh the tar pits 20 yrs ago

Your pics make me nostalgic

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. How lucky you were, so long ago, my dear Demovictory9!

I hope your nostalgia isn't a sad feeling, but a good one.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. used to visit them when i was a child living in glendora. we did a lot of museuming

in my day. mom had a book called free things u can do in los angles county.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. What a great memory, my dear AllaN01Bear! ♥

[AllaN01Bear]

27. now a song that i used to hear as a kid and later a young adu

now playing on my earworm player hit parade ' peco and sepuvida , la brea , tar pits , tar pits . have a grand evening.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. I'm having a lovely evening and thank you for contributing to it! ♥

[Grumpy Old Guy]

33. from the Dr. Demento Show.

[DBoon]

19. used to live right by there

sometimes you would see tar oozing up through the cracks in the sidewalk

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Ah, tar oozing! I did see a little of that today, and I walked around it!

Didn't want to track it into my car.

[bahboo]

21. used to live about a half mile from there....

never got old visiting....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. How lucky for you, living that close! It's an amazing place. n/t

[Auggie]

22. Back in the 40s or so you could walk right up to a tar pit ...

my father-in-law fell into one. He wiggled his way out, of course.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. I knew there had to be a reason they fenced them off! n/t

[Diamond_Dog]

23. Wow, string photos, CaliforniaPeggy!

It looks like a fascinating place! Thanks for your wonderful photo array!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog!

It was quite fascinating and we had a great (if slightly humid) time!

I wanted to show the variety of the things we saw. Glad you enjoyed them.

[Ligyron]

29. Next time I go to LA to visit my daughter I am definitely going to go there.

There’s so much to do in and around LA that I just haven’t gotten around to it yet.

But next time for sure.

Thanks for the great photos!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. I hope you'll definitely make time to see it, my dear Ligyron!

There is a lot to see here. Choices have to be made.....

And you're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed them.

[Demobrat]

30. I used to work across Wilshire

from the tar pits. I didn’t like that place because I hated to think about how those poor animals died. Nice that their bones were preserved so we could learn about them, but ….

😥

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. They did meet a sad end, for sure. But we have learned so much from them!

I'm glad you had a chance to see my photos.

[wryter2000]

34. Lovely, love the poppies, too

A friend once pointed out The La Brea Tar Pits means The The Tar Tar Pits.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. Thanks so much, my dear wryter2000!

And your friend is quite right! I'd forgotten that Brea means tar pits. I do try to not use the word THE before the proper name!

[HAB911]

36. I got the chance to visit way back in the '80's

absolutely loved it

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Every time we have house-guests, we take them there, and they always love it!

It's a grand place and so accessible.

I'm glad you had a good time, my dear HAB911.