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San Diego to LA and Little Tokyo, 10 Sept 2016
With my two days of work at the San Diego office finished, on Saturday, 10 Sept, we headed north to LA. We did not want to have to get up at 5 in the morning to catch the Surfliner that would connect with the Starlight on Sunday morning, so instead we had a leisurely breakfast, got packed, turned in the rental car and got a cab to the San Diego rail station.
Trackwork had the Surf Line closed south of Oceanside, so we had a bus connection out of San Diego. It would not leave for another 2 hours or so and it was lunchtime, so on the advice of the person at the station information booth, we headed for the waterfront to get some food. A pedicab driver saw us and we rode both ways in the back of a pedicab....possibly the first time I'd done so since India in 1980, although Anne had ridden one in San Francisco a few months back.
USS San Diego, LPD-22, seagulls and boats were the view out the restaurant window as we enjoyed fresh seafood. USS Midway, CV-41 was on display a few blocks south, but we did not get close enough for photos. Something for another trip.
The bus ride to Oceanside was thankfully brief, then we caught Surfliner 583 pushed by F59 460 to LA. The train was on time...the bus connection had left about 20 minutes before the train was due out. I shot a few photos out the front cab car window, including a meet with a southbound Surfliner.
From LA Union Station, we took the Gold Line a half mile to the Little Tokyo stop and checked into our hotel, which had an excellent Japanese restaurant. After dinner, I wandered around Little Tokyo snapping photos while Anne relaxed in the room. Little Tokyo was fun and while I briefly considered hopping over to Union Station, I wound up staying and getting night shots of the city.
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San Diego to LA and Little Tokyo, 10 Sept 2016
With my two days of work at the San Diego office finished, on Saturday, 10 Sept, we headed north to LA. We did not want to have to get up at 5 in the morning to catch the Surfliner that would connect with the Starlight on Sunday morning, so instead we had a leisurely breakfast, got packed, turned in the rental car and got a cab to the San Diego rail station.
Trackwork had the Surf Line closed south of Oceanside, so we had a bus connection out of San Diego. It would not leave for another 2 hours or so and it was lunchtime, so on the advice of the person at the station information booth, we headed for the waterfront to get some food. A pedicab driver saw us and we rode both ways in the back of a pedicab....possibly the first time I'd done so since India in 1980, although Anne had ridden one in San Francisco a few months back.
USS San Diego, LPD-22, seagulls and boats were the view out the restaurant window as we enjoyed fresh seafood. USS Midway, CV-41 was on display a few blocks south, but we did not get close enough for photos. Something for another trip.
The bus ride to Oceanside was thankfully brief, then we caught Surfliner 583 pushed by F59 460 to LA. The train was on time...the bus connection had left about 20 minutes before the train was due out. I shot a few photos out the front cab car window, including a meet with a southbound Surfliner.
From LA Union Station, we took the Gold Line a half mile to the Little Tokyo stop and checked into our hotel, which had an excellent Japanese restaurant. After dinner, I wandered around Little Tokyo snapping photos while Anne relaxed in the room. Little Tokyo was fun and while I briefly considered hopping over to Union Station, I wound up staying and getting night shots of the city.