Thanksgiving Trip - Day 9

[said good-bye to Mary, Leo & Shannon around lunch time and then drove to LAX (checked into Airport Marriot) - called Kathy and coordinated a visit in Santa Monica - directions OK, but I missed a turn in Culver City and then (apparently) drove through a red light (ticket arrived in late JAN 2003) - had a very enjoyable time with Kathy, walking along the waterfront and seeing where she worked - had dinner and then headed back to our hotel - I took the rental car back to the airport, since we get to use the hotel shuttle in the morning (1700L) - while trying to get to sleep (yeah, right), the kids had fun watching airplanes on final approach fly right over hotel - as you might have guessed, no one got much sleep]