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Venice, California, USA

We have spent a couple of very nice days in and around Marina del Rey.  Lots of boats; reportedly over 6000 slips here in the marina, some of which are available - apparently the economy is suffering here like everywhere else.  Just walking one-way around the perimeter took us over 2 hours.  There are a few good restaurants along the way, but they are mostly a bit pricey for us, so we settled on a local pizza place not far from our boat.

A walk into Venice proper, and along the beach-front was very entertaining.  Lots of local businesses selling touristy stuff like sun glasses and T-shirts, roller-blades and skateboards galore, and, strangely enough, free medical evaluations to see if you are eligible to receive medicinal marijuana.  Pretty tempting but somehow we resisted.  We visited a huge West Marine store here and picked up very little; a new canvas bag for carrying groceries and a new cookbook.  It seems we will have to wait untill we get to San Diego before we can get charts and stuff for Mexico.

Our current plan is to be out of here tomorrow and make an overnight passage direct to SD.

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