Long Beach

The Long Beach airport’s oversized hashtag hides a sandy play area and picnic seating right behind it. And you don’t have to go very far to board your plane here.

This mosaic on the floor of the Long Beach Airport’s original terminal recalls the early air routes across the Western U.S. and over the Pacific.

Long Beach has the busiest harbor on the U.S. West Coast, so it’s not a surprise to see mountains of colorful containers ready to be loaded onto cargo ships.

Waiting for our cruise to begin, we had this view of Long Beach’s buildings and marina. The concrete pads in the foreground are what the cruise ship is docked to.