Scooting by

Second attempt. I kept falling asleep writing the journal and woke up to find the entry had somehow disappeared. It is nearly 5.00am in the UK now!

Landon and Chris met us off the Surfliner train from Los Angeles this afternoon. Landon was shy at first, clinging to his dad and hiding his face.

That didn’t last very long. We were all soon out in the yard playing all manner of games with balls, scooters, trikes, cars, gliders, remote control cars and bikes. Good job we’re fit.

We had a leisurely morning at the hotel, breakfast, Uber to the Union Station which is a very fine building. The train was packed. We were fortunate to get seat on the ocean side of the train and were able to sit together when the person next to me got off at Anaheim.

He was a fascinating chap, a photographer. So of course I told him about Blip. He was very interested.

The train only ran alongside the ocean for the last half hour to Oceanside. Most of the route was through Los Angeles urban sprawl. The route looked better to the north of LA.

It was, as you can imagine, so very good to see both Landon and Chris. Landon is a happy little boy, well not so little, he’s tall for a 4 year old.

Heard a coyote howling and calling on the nearby hills. Feeling very tired now. Not a bad nights sleep last night all things considered.