The official documents call it Los Angeles or the Port of Los Angeles. But it is really San Pedro. At one point it was a separate city, but like most areas in the LA Basin, it was swallowed up years ago. We were due to dock at 0800 but were in early. I think I heard that about 1000 of the passengers are disembarking today. Plus. As the first US Stop – we have to clear immigration. I wandered down and out about 1000. Unlike Miami which operates year around, the immigration official with whom I spoke said that the port doesn’t operate full time. There are days without ships etc. This was in response to my comment that Miami had installed the new integrated software machines so that it was much faster to process large number of people.
Rather than hang out in the holding pen (sorry, but that is what it feels like) I walked out of the port area and into San Pedro. My maps app had warned that there was a gradual uphill. Considering the elevation change from Shattuck Ave to our house, I hardly noticed the mild grad. The sidewalks were in decent condition and there were walk lights on all intersections that had lights. Otherwise, stop signs with marked pedestrian crossings.
I wandered into the closet Starbucks, had an iced coffee since I had traveled along at a good clip. They also had an “LA” thermos in the newer style. All in all it was a decent morning. I am about to head back up to the lounge for some relaxing stitching time. Tomorrow is another sea day, then Wednesday we arrive in San Francisco.
