Daily Archives: September 18, 2014

Marina del Rey

photo-28
Marina del Rey Panorama

We’re staying as guest members at the Pacific Mariners Yacht Club in Marina del Rey for 3 or 4 days.  It’s a central LA location within walking distance to Venice Beach and a long bus ride to Disneyland.  This must be the tightest docking I’ve ever done–still not sure how I fit in here….

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

The sail from Oxnard was nice with a steady 20-25 NW wind.  We had dolphins swimming along side getting a boost from our bow wave.  We moved along at 8 knots with only the Genoa sail and got an extra 1knot boost from the California current most of the way.

photo-31
Pacific White-Sided Dolphin

 

We walked to Venice Beach where dad and Jacintha were flexing their muscles in front of Muscle beach.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

And competing with the entertainers….
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Getting ready to go back to the boat, we walked by a place on the boardwalk that had karma pricing (pay what you want) for haircuts, and we all got our hair cut.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

 

Share

Disneyland

Jacintha was excited to reach LA so we could go to Disneyland.  Since we are in Marina del Rey, it was a long bus ride but only cost us $2.50 each way and dropped us off right in front of the entrance.  Dad said he didn’t want to slow us down and decided to spend the day at the marina where he made some new friends who invited him to their boat for dinner and drinks.  Jacintha and I arrived at Disneyland around noon and the park closed at 8pm, so we had plenty of time to get on all the rides we wanted to since the lines were very short.  We got back to Venice around 11pm and back to the boat at Marina del Rey just before midnight, but it was worth it to see her so excited on the rides!  Her favorite–Splash Mountain, where you get wet going down the steep drop.  My favorite–Space Mountain, the big roller coaster ride in the dark.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Disneyland!
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Storybook Ride
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Dolphins in front of Small World
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Toon Town
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Dog Pound
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
She wasn’t too interested in Disney characters, but there was no line…
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Cotton Candy
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Magic Kingdom
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Race Car Track
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Frozen Float in Parade
photo-29
Rocket Ride
photo-30
Tarzan Treehouse
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Front seats in Space Mountain! (she said she kept her eyes closed after seeing the ghost)
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Splash Mountain
Share