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Stepped off of the “Ocean Express” which is a free bus trolley – no doubt funded by local merchants to draw touristas from airport hotel highrises to Manhattan Beach shopping. I kept my plastic holstered however and put my shoes to the cement at Rosecrans and Highland – 4 lanes from the Beach. The Strand runs further than you or I can go and ran north with empty and isolated El Segundo Beach on the one and city utility, co-generation plants and industry on the other side. At the Hyperion Sewage Disposal Plant prior to Imperial hiway, I turned back, for a GT of 5 miles.

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LAX layover

jogging, places

Lots of fashion on the Strand. Come to stroll, strut and be seen. I believe that most of them arrived on retro-schwinn bicycles. Pro beach society types have the practiced style and look of year-round weekend beach time. Manhattan Beach, CA is “Was up!” compared to Venice Beach – “Ich don’t think so“. Google Earth Placemark

A good lunch location is the El Sombrero #1, for authentic Mexican food. Bueno.

LAX layover

jogging, places

From Aviation and Century we climbed on the Big Blue Bus #3 and rode Lincoln St for 20 minutes. At Ocean Park Blvd. we jumped off and headed west on foot for a little over a 1/2 mile. We stumbled upon a local farmers market already in progress and had fun tasting the fresh fruit samples. Onward a few more blocks to the beach. North or South take your pick. Jogging, biking, roller blading, walking, people watching. No thongs or string bikinis. I guess that’s only Hollywood stuff. The Venice Beach / Santa Monica Ocean Walk is a bit seedy. The hippie jewelry, incense and tarot card vendors look like refugees from Nor Cal, immigrating by way of Big Sur no doubt. I half way expected to see Fletch bumming about 🙂

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