Downtown Long Beach

... a 5-8pm camp as opposed to a 9-12am camp probably because of the heat. We then headed off to the show which is just past Downtown LA - the traffic wasn't too bad and it took us just over an hour. When we arrived we waited for Kenya's friend Jennifer - ...

... 45 minutes to Long Beach. We made this same drive 2 years ago when we were out here to shoot an infomercial. We visited downtown Long Beach several times and walked around their 'City Place'when we were here. We were so excited when we got to the park ...

...  stretches for almost half a mile. Offering great views and educational displays, the boardwalk is a short walk from downtown Long Beach. 2) Visit the peninsula's many small towns.  There are over a half dozen small towns and villages on ...

... . The river trail is not very scenic but it is traffic free. We followed that for 5 miles then reach the lovely marina in Long Beach where we spot the Queen Mary.  Here we took a break and enjoyed a few crackers and cheese before continuing along ...

... the drift. I soon moved on to Long Beach which reminded me of a very very up-market Benidorm - skyscrapers and sand! Only in Long Beach the buildings aren't tacky apartment blocks but all the major banks and financial companies - as I said, ...

... and was a great bargain for only $99+tax and just steps away from my guilt at Rodeo Drive. Even more a bargain when u consider Long Beach was $209/n and that is, well, Long Beach. Still feeling a little rough around the edges from the previous night ...

Entry containing 4 photos titled: Captain Debi, Boats in Rainbow Harbor, Rainbow Harbor from the whale watching tour, Lighthouse from the whale watching boat

After coming back and hanging out at her house after seeing downtown Rochester I took off back home on a different route, taking the thruway to Syracuse then down 81 through Binghamton and in Scranton PA got onto rt. 380 to meet up with 80. Hit 15 mins ...

... ; We ate at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co on the Marina, visited the Queen Mary and a Russian submarine (Scorpion) and the Long Beach Lighthouse...unfortunately whilst visiting the Lighthouse I lost the camera somehow - and lost all our photos from the whole ...

... so I couldn’t get too many photos.  After that we wandered through the Pike, which seemed to be the downtown area of Long Beach—the part closer to the shore was filled with chain restaurants and stores, and a few blocks further there ...