Venice Beach Boardwalk.

Lots of great boardwalk art vendors as you travel between Venice Beach Pier and Santa Monica Pier. I started on the South end and walked (rented a Bird scooter also) to Santa Monica Pier. The South end is where you see more homeless people but they don’t really bother you and the Souvenirs are less $ than when you get towards Santa Monica. There is a lot of dog poop on the Venice Pier so watch your step. You can see surfers catching smaller waves there. I rented a Bird scooter a few times to zip past the stretches of residential area. The scooters are easy to find but I found out after my Bird scooter stopped working that you’re not allowed to use them on the beach boardwalk. You have to use the Speedway alley 1 block West of the beach. If you’re a dog lover there’s a cool artist about halfway along the boardwalk (IG: linnysart) that makes art from recycled pop cans. I got one made of my dog and it’s awesome. Really nice lady. There’s also another cool artist I bought a mushroom print from (IG: 2storeycory). His dog Daisy rides a skateboard. I enjoyed the southern end of the boardwalk more than the north “ritzier” end where the boardwalk has crushed sea shells embedded in the cement. #themepark#zoo#nationalpark#lakes#beaches