Stopover number 1

We didn't go all that far, but we knew it when we started out. Landed at LAX without any trouble, had three seats for the two of us, got our bags, jumped on the Hertz shuttle, found the rental car and were on our way maneuvering through the LA freeway system within 45 minutes of landing.  Since when is LA that efficient??

 

53 minutes later we were at Dad's house having been told by Google maps that instead of the usual route (405 to 22) there was some traffic and it would be faster to take the parallel-ish route which was take the 405->105->605->91->5->22.We would never in a million years have thought to take that route instead, but it worked out to be faster than the direct 405.  Of course, the carpool lane helped immensely, too.

Had a very nice lunch and visit with Dad and Ilene and then jumped back in the rental car at 4:30 to try and make it to the condo in Laguna Beach.  Didn't think we had a prayer of making it by 5 when the office closed, but we got there with 6 minutes to spare.  At rush hour!  This is not the California road system either of us remember, nor the one many residents experience.

Made it to the condo and found we have an ocean view room after all...somebody checked out early and we got the room. 😄

That's all for now from our stopover for the night. This time tomorrow we will be checking in for our flights.