L.A. bound.

February 27th, 2015 - Friday - Up early and off to the airport to clear security, get though Customs & Immigration and then hit Starbucks for that morning blast of caffeine :-). Both Kelly and I are still awaiting the arrival of our Nexus Cards so we will try our best to get into the correct lines of people.

We took the shuttle and quickly went through both the security and customs sections. Funny thing the  line up for Nexus at US Customs was longer that the regular folks :-) We then joined the longest lineup at YVR… the Starbucks Line on the North side! Not sure what it is about this one particular outlet but fast and efficient is not used when describing it. Kris has his Nexus card and breezed in with lots of time to spare.

At the departure gate we met up with numerous other airline types heading down for various cruises and R & R in Los Angeles. Our flight was uneventful and we quickly found our town car for the 30 minute trip to the Long Beach Renaissance. Kelly found a good deal of course:-)

Lovely blooms along the promenade.

Once checked in, we headed over to Walmart via the promenade to get a few cruising supplies… water, sunscreen and wine. We went by some BBQ places along the way and the smell was fantastic. We dropped off the supplies and then had lunch at the Rock Bottom Pub next door. Very convenient and very good! We also grabbed a geocache right out front.


Lunch as we people watched.

After lunch we wandered down to the waterfront and strolled the nice boardwalk.  Numerous geocaches dotted the walkway and we had a good challenge with some nice hides along the way.



The Queen Mary was moored across from the park along with another Carnival ship. This will be our destination tomorrow for our departure. A quick cab ride away:-)

Kris messing with the Good Year Blimp

Back at the hotel we changed and enjoyed the hot tub and pool for an hour or so then it was dinner time. We all agreed that the BBQ place we walked by earlier would be perfect so off we went. The place was packed but we quickly got a table and enjoyed the brew and ribs! We underestimated the portions and had extra home :-)

We strolled back to the hotel and had a nightcap in the lounge before pulling the pin for the night. A great day all around.