Here and There Blog

The train from Narita airport to Yokohama was 90 minutes through tunnels and farm. Yokohama is anything but farm and so far looks like the typical Japan city. This is all I've seen so far (from the hotel) last night at sunset, as I checked in.  And this morning at sunrise when I couldn't sleep. I don't expect this to be a trip for sightseeing since I'll mostly be working and taking the train to/from. Plus it's hot, humid, and somewhat rainy.

Sometime around 6pm Friday night. The full moon was bringing the high tide in making it fun to walk along the shoreline.

Cool weather brings back the fog and empty beaches. This morning was perfect and if it wasn't annual truck oil change day, I would have lingered longer. This is what I love returning too after each trip and miss when I am gone.

Morning in San Pedro just west of Long Beach. My walk took me right by the USS Iowa. I'm surprised that I'd never been to this part of LA before. Something new all the time! And the distance view

I made a stop here in my way to the airport today. Figured I'd go early to get past the Del Mar traffic and get some steps in. 12 noon on a Labor Day Friday and the parking lot was wide open. Surprising but it worked for me. I used to swim to that little island but these days the water seems to get polluted too often for me to want to go in. Very Lorax-like. I hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday weekend!