itinerary: combine Vasquez and Point Vicente

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@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ Best non-ocean option. Approximately 98 miles total from DTLA via Vasquez Rocks
 
 This route is exposed and can be hot; carry water and start early.
 
+### Option C2 — Vasquez Rocks + Point Vicente · two landscapes in one day
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+Yes—this is feasible and avoids all of the group's planned sights. Approximately 132 miles total from DTLA via Vasquez Rocks and Point Vicente to LAX; about 3 hours 5 minutes 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.
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+- **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
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+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.
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 ### Option D — Annie's Canyon and Torrey Pines · ambitious
 
 Best scenery, but by far the most driving: approximately 217 miles and 4 hours 25 minutes of baseline driving before traffic.