In the morning we started up the car and it protested even louder. It became clear that the belts were slipping, but not really why, so after Portos (priorities!) we stopped and got a can of belt conditioner. It was more like plasticizers rather than the black sticky goop I remembered, but after a few spritzes all was well again. The belts themselves didn't look that bad (aged and/or cracked) and were only a few weeks old (but several thousand miles), so maybe with so many miles this needs to become part of our maintenance cycle.
After quieting down the car we made our way through the lovely LA metro area down to Downtown Disney. It had been a few years since we were here as well, and the metal detectors and bag inspectors at the entrance were new. Also, I guess the House of Blues finally closed down. Heather did some more Xmas shopping, then we made our way east.
We made it to Palm Springs and stayed in a very cute little spa resort hotel, had dinner at a nice little Italian place within walking distance. Breakfast in the morning at a diner, fill up with gas at Costco, then we were on the road heading east back to the Valley.
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