Up at 5am for a smooth run to Boston airport and my flight to LAX. For whatever reason (tail wind I presume) we arrived an hour early into LA.
I booked a hotel room for the 12 hour layover because I couldn’t bear to hang at the airport for that long. It was only $100 and worth every cent.
can’t get much closer to the airport than this.
It’s 101F (38C) here today and you know how I LOVE (not) the heat. I planned a trip to a bookstore to get Torment and then back to the hotel room to stay out of the heat. Turns out the sea breeze has kept the temp very pleasant and I caught the local bus to Marina Del Ray shopping centre ($1 versus $25 for a cab) and wandered around there for a while. I bought my book, and a couple of other ‘necessities’ for Courtney and found this awesome shoe store. Found the best pair of shoes and they didn’t have my size. He told me to check on line which I did when I got back to the hotel but – nope 
. Designer shoes for half price. They post to Australia too 
www.dswshoes.com
When I finished I caught the bus back to the hotel (or at the corner anyway) and realised I was the ONLY white person on the bus. Amazing!
Am relaxing in my room now until I leave for the airport again around 8pm local time for my 10.30pm flight.
Hopefully, we’ll get a tail wind home and it won’t take the 17 hours they’ve listed on my ticket.
Oh, the results of struggling with my baggage on the train yesterday. A bit painful.
ouch!!!!!!!!!
Safe journey home:)
OUCH that looks painful
Hope your flight home is a good one…. ours was smooth… even getting thru customs wasnt too bad after waiting in line for over 1/2 hr or more… see you soon…