The night before we left we were concerned about all of the
flight cancellations because of the weather.
Then that night our plane came in from Atlanta so we were hopeful that
the flight would go.
When we arrived at the airport, everything was on schedule.
The only problem was when we got to the gate, 5 minutes
before boarding, the gate agent informed that there was going to be a delay as
much as ½ hour because the plane refueler had overslept and was on his way from
his home to fill the plane up!! They
rebooked us on a later flight in case we didn’t make our scheduled flight.
They decided to board the plane while waiting for him and
the good news was that we took off right on time and arrived in Atlanta even a
few minutes early.
We had time to go to the Delta Sky Lounge for a quick
breakfast and then boarded the plane to Los Angeles, a 5 hour flight.
In Los Angeles, we took an Uber to Long Beach, about a 45-minute
drive.
We are staying at the Marriott Residence Inn and they
upgraded us to a very nice 1 bedroom suite on the 8th floor
overlooking the marina. Two nice big
rooms with a great view.
We unpacked and Ed did some work and finally we went to
dinner early.
Dinner was at a nice seafood restaurant, a 5 minute walk and
it was very good. Sorry, we forgot to
take any pictures.
Then we went back to the hotel as it was cold and windy out
and we watched the University of Illinois defeat 20the ranked Northwestern by
only a couple of points after being down by as many as 18 points.
Almost everyone who is reading this has some kind of extreme
weather and Long Beach is no exception.
We were hoping for great weather and instead it is 45 – 50,
cold, windy and a chance of rain for the next couple of day.
This nice thing is that we are on a vacation and going on a cruise.
We are posting bigger pictures - hope you like them
Night for now.
Our room at the Residence Inn, Long Beach Downtown
