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Riley #74 - Huntington Park, CA - World Cup and Riots
June 30, 2014
Dear Family,
Thank you for pictures and emails. I worked really
hard to take pictures this week, but forgot to after Monday. I did take
some on Monday, but none with any of us in them.
We went to go hike the
Hollywood sign again last Monday. What we didn't know was that the trail
leading up there was actually closed. We found out once we got there.
I
did take some while we were in the car - photos of places that looked somewhat
important, but I don't know if they really are. We also drove past the
Chinese Theater which looked cool, but I think it is only an actual
theater. We didn't have time to look around as finding a parking place
was super difficult. in the end, we abandoned our plans and headed back,
but stopped by Daiso on the way, which made the whole trip worthwhile.
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| Pirate Guy |
It has been pretty crazy out here with the soccer world cup.
There are a lot of Mexicans in this area so when Mexico was playing on
Sunday, it was a little chaotic. They shut down a few roads in the area
in anticipation of riots. There were helicopters overhead and fireworks
going off all the time the night before.
There were even people firing
their guns into the air to celebrate at another missionaries apartment
complex.
I remember last year seeing the sign on LA buses saying, "What
goes up must come down. Don't fire your guns on the July 4!!!"
Everything turned out all right, but I am not looking forward to the 4th of July. All missionaries will be in by 6 of course, but if it is anything like Saturday night was, fireworks will be going off all night. Gotta get earplugs!
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| The police came and arrested some of the fans. |
Everything turned out all right, but I am not looking forward to the 4th of July. All missionaries will be in by 6 of course, but if it is anything like Saturday night was, fireworks will be going off all night. Gotta get earplugs!
Love,
Elder Bowman
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