Good flight from Anchorage to LA with nice views of glaciers as we left and a distant view of San Francisco from the air (look hard in the cloudy photo in link below and you will just see the tall buildings and the Bay Bridge).

Chilling this time in LA in the South Bay area, with a lot of warm before back to NZ and the wet and cold being enjoyed there!

At Redondo Beach, the largest of LA  County’s beach cities. Huge performing arts centre here and recreational waterfront with 2 miles of sandy beach. Medium waves today, swimmers but not much surfing. Many are enjoying the huge artificial beach area. Plenty of other activity for a Saturday morning as we wandered out onto the pier and around the King Harbour Marina..some serious money tied up there and interestingly most boats were in the marina most of the day. Bit choppy out out to sea but not that bad. There is a huge seawall protecting the bay from the ocean and plenty of paddleboards, jetskis, paddleboats and sightseers on the water in the protected bay. Also lots of sealions on a pontoon barking loudly. Expect that the beach and waterfront gets a pounding when waves are really crashing in here. Biking is popular and well catered for with a wide double lane exclusive cycleway. Every type of bike and rider.

Enjoyed a long cool drink and some seafood in the shade overlooking the pier. Fishing off the pier seems popular and saw a couple of little fish caught.

Very happy to have air conditioning working well when we got back to hotel. Great dinner overlooking the marina with lovely sunset colouring the boats and masts.

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