Longbeach, California

Wednesday 3rd April
The drive into LA was all traffic and smog.  It is an enormous place.  We delivered over in the industrial area near the port, opposite was residential.  I took maddy for a walk along the condo`s, most were well looked after, green grass and exotic plants, bourgainvilla hung over fences with lillies and geraniums on porches, also large bushes of busy lizzies.  The smell was lovely.  Oh well back to the truck, waiting now for a reload.  The trailer has to be washed out after each delivery (well mostly) so in the truck wash at the moment.  We just sit in the cab.  Sometimes the water is reused which can be a bit smelly.
We got our instructions to reload at Oxnard, but not until the following afternoon, so we had the rest of the day to ourselves.  We found parking at Longbeach Port and walked along the front to visit the old Queen Mary at her permanent mooring. We soaked up the Californian sun by the sea all afternoon watching the local fishermen.  Dave chatted to a few locals, one in particular was colorful to say the least, an image of
Sammy Davis Jnr!
Thursday 4th April
Had a lay in (both of us) and did a bit of shopping at walmart, loaded trailer at Port Hueneme with bananas for Edmonton.
Got back to Lethbridge on sunday.  Truck had a few problems so it was booked into the garage for repair.
Woke up monday morning to find everything covered in two inches of snow, freezing! What a contrast to California! That day we explored Lethbridge and found a lovely park to take maddy called Henderson Lake.
There were alot of birds and it was great to walk round.
Tuesday the truck was still in the garage (we did have it overnight) they don`t move very fast over here, so we spent the day at the mall (lots of good shops! can`t wait for Daves first paycheck!) and went back to Henderson Lake, we sat having our lunch overlooking the water in glorious sunshine, all the snow had gone from yesterday.