2005 Panama Canal Cruise -- Arrival, Los Angeles

Updated August 11, 2005

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It was time to say goodbye to this beautiful cruise ship. Los Angeles, actually San Pedro cruise dock was our stopping place. For us, it is only a temporary goodbye, because we will see the Pride of America every week, as she docks in Maui.

These pictures were taken primarily with our (now not so) new Kodak DX6490, which we love. The 10x optical zoom is great, and the electronics do a fine job of automatic adjustment and flash operations.

We arrive at the Los Angeles breakwater.	Light at the end of the breakwall.	A fireboat is waiting for the Pride, and gives us a salute.	The Los Angeles harbor area seems to be a forest of container cranes.	We have a security escort too.
Ah, here is the official welcome.	More container cranes.	Security also provided by police helicopter.	The Coast Guard station at the harbor.	Coast Guard boat with more of those container cranes in the background.
Ah, this brings back memories from when we lived in the LA area.	The helicopter again, but note that the image is distorted by the Pride's huge exhaust plume.	Another San Pedro landmark.	There is another cruise ship in port...	The Monarch of the Seas
The Pride must make a complete rotation, in order to get into the cruise pier.	Starting to turn...	We are getting very close to two ships during the turn...	A container ship...	And the Monarch...
Well, we made it around. Next stop, cruise pier and debarkation.

2005 Panama Canal Cruise -- Arrival, Los Angeles

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