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@@ -76,18 +76,21 @@ Best non-ocean option. Approximately 93 miles total from Brand Plaza via Vasquez
 
 This route is exposed and can be hot; carry water and start early.
 
-### Option C2 — Vasquez Rocks + Point Vicente · two landscapes in one day
+### Selected route — Vasquez Rocks + Point Vicente
 
-Yes—this is feasible and avoids all of the group's planned sights. Approximately 128 miles total from Brand Plaza via Vasquez Rocks and Point Vicente to LAX; about 3 hours of baseline driving. It is a better use of the car than either stop alone if LK is content to meet the group for dinner rather than the afternoon.
+This avoids the group's planned Malibu sights and keeps LK's luggage secure at the hotel during the first stop.
 
-- **6:15 AM** Leave Los Angeles
-- **7:15–9:30 AM** Vasquez Rocks: formations, viewpoints and a short hike before the heat
-- **9:30–11:00 AM** Drive south to Rancho Palos Verdes
-- **11:00 AM–1:00 PM** Point Vicente and open coastal paths; lunch nearby
-- **1:00 PM** Leave for LAX
-- **2:00–3:30 PM** Return the car, with additional traffic buffer available before 5:00 PM
+- **7:00 AM** Leave Brand Plaza; eat breakfast beforehand and leave luggage in the room
+- **8:00–9:30 AM** Vasquez Rocks: formations, viewpoints and a short hike before the heat
+- **9:30–10:30 AM** Return to Brand Plaza
+- **By 11:00 AM** Check out and collect luggage
+- **11:00 AM–12:00 PM** Drive to Rancho Palos Verdes
+- **12:00–1:30 PM** Point Vicente and open coastal paths
+- **1:30–2:30 PM** Lunch nearby
+- **2:30 PM** Leave for LAX
+- **3:30–4:30 PM** Return the Budget car, well before the 6:45 PM deadline
 
-Start at Vasquez Rocks and finish at Point Vicente: the desert is cooler early, and the coast is better later in the day. Avoid the closed Abalone Cove and Sacred Cove access trails.
+Forecast checked 2026-09-25: around **87°F / 31°C** at Vasquez Rocks on Saturday. Carry water; the interpretive-center fountain is available only during business hours. Avoid the closed Abalone Cove and Sacred Cove access trails.
 
 ### Option D — Annie's Canyon and Torrey Pines · ambitious