We left the rest area north of Oceanside on I-5 and drove by Camp Pendleton manoeuvres which included a war ship just off the coast and helicopters and a Hercules dropping loads of supplies, just like in the movie ‘Mash’. The US Customs and border patrol and some sort of power station were all part of the scenery as we sped along under beautiful cumulous clouds. We turned onto I-1 toward the ‘Beach Cities’. Oops, then we took an incorrect exit. Marilyn, the navigator, was not fully functional yet, but yeck, we got a great photo of the flowers and tall ships in the harbour at a giant yacht club in Dana Point. Further along Hwy 1 there were more than six offshore oil rigs as well as tankers, barges and pumps that went on for several miles not far from Huntington Beach.
Our first glimpse of downtown LA was pretty hazy. Shopping resulted in gluten free bread for Marilyn and yummy sushi for us and a picnic by the sea at a marina in Long Beach. It was interesting to see the “Queen Mary” ship, now a hotel, right alongside a Russian submarine! We found Grauman’s Chinese theatre and took pics of some of the imprints left by famous actors even Shirley Temple! Our day ended with a bit of shopping on Hollywood Blvd and Beverley Hills and camping out Chez Wal-Mart in Culver City.
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