November  2003
We stopped in Long Beach to see an old friend, Kuoching Ngu.   Kuoching was working as a special ed high school teacher in East LA.  We agreed to meet in Long Beach, and we had a few wonderful days to talk about teaching and kids and old times.
	All my Long Beach pictures came out smoggy like this... Pelicans and cranes
Long Beach Harbor has three or four man-made islands, with oil wells on them.  They try to disguise them with artsy panels around the perimeters, but they're...well...oil wells.
	We were simply astonished at the sheer quantity of containers in LA/Long Beach Harbor.  We started wondering about who buys all this stuff.
What? Stop taking my picture!  The camera really hates Betsey, and everyone has been trying to get a flattering photo of her...
	Look at the lines of this beautiful old ship, the gracious and lovely Queen Mary, moored in Long Beach Harbor.