We then flew to LA and took a bus out to beautiful Thousand Oaks California. We once again had outstanding accommodations. Here are a few pictures of the hotel. We also had a few hours of free time before our Amgen reception that evening, so there was more hot tub time.
Here are some pictures of the hotel.
The pool!
The waterfall near the pool... I love waterfalls!
View of the hotel from the pool.
The waterfall near the pool... I love waterfalls!
View of the hotel from the pool.
That evening we had a great reception hosted by Amgen. We then awoke very early in the morning to start our tour. We arrived to the Amgen campus at about 7am. Like most places, cameras were not allowed so please allow me to describe the campus. Imagine mixing in a blender your typical college campus of about 5,000 to 15,000 students with a 5 star hotel and pouring it gently into the hills of southern California near Malibu.
Needless to say, the campus was beautiful complete with decorative water fountains, work out facilities, basketball courts, a soccer field, and even a garden where they grow hops.
After a long day touring beautiful Amgen, we headed back to a hotel near LAX airport so that the commute for our 6:50 am flight to Austin Texas. This also put us closer to the beach, so we convince the tour bus driver to drop us of at Hermosa Beach (I prefer to call it Mimosa beach). We gathered for a picture on a pier over the ocean, the broke apart for dinner, and joined back up at a great local bar. It was a great friday night and a terribly early saturday morning.
The LGO group on the pier!
