Yesterday we arrived at Malibu RV Park. Our RV backs to the edge of a tall cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It rained all night long but we awoke to beautiful blue skies and sunshine. Jackets were required as the temperatures remained cool.
We had another “Getty” day spending the first half at the Getty Villa in Malibu. On the 64 acre grounds is the original ranch home of J. Paul Getty. In later years he turned the home into a museum for his Antiquities Collection. When he ran out of room he decided to build a Roman country house fashioned after the Villa dei Papiri which was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD and thought to be the home of Julia Caesar’s father-in-law. It is part of an ongoing archeological site. Sadly Getty did not live to see his project to completion.
The formal garden is beautiful with statuary including the Greek God Hermes.
In the afternoon we spent the day at a nearby beach. The boys spent hours running and digging in the sand.
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