Then. I dropped Bette off, and by 0839 I was off to the Angels stadium, a 52 mile trip!
Did get the stamp and a pin, which was on sale!
Then, an exercise in futility, a 29.1 mile trip to a Bautista NP site that was abandoned. Plus I had to pay 2.50 to park! So, no stamp, and I posted on the website about it being closed.
Then, a two mile trip to Dodger Stadium. I really had to work for this one, and the access roads were closed! I finally figured it out on the second try.
A Stray memorial at the site.
Well blogger is acting up, won't let me load photos, or is weirding out. To be updated tomorrow. After Dodger Stadium, I had lunch at a McDonald's,
Then drove 37.6 miles to the Point Vincente Interpretive Center and got 5 lighthouse stamps and a pin, and some postcards to mail.
Then, to the USC Trojan Bookstore, where I got a pin, and was able to park for free, thanks to a helpful person on the gate.
On the square at USC Big bookstore! 2 stories even.
Then a fill up at Chevron gas, and some snacking, then an 81 mile drive home, which took me like 3 hours! I got home at 7:54 in the evening! Over 3.5 hours to drive the 81 miles! Saw a few plates today! Over 200 miles today!
Tomorrow's plans are not much, mostly local. Then maybe a trip to Lake Elsinore, for Storm stamp.
Saw these memorial highways:
Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, California
End of Watch Friday, June 24, 2005
Jerry Ortiz
Deputy Jerry Ortiz was shot and killed after knocking on a door during an investigation.
Deputy Ortiz had gone to an apartment complex in the city of Hawaiian Gardens
to question a woman about a shooting that had taken place the previous day.
As he spoke to the woman at the door of the apartment, the suspect in the previous
day's shooting appeared and shot him in the head.
The man then fled into an apartment three doors away. Deputies found him hiding
in a bathtub three hours later.
The suspect, who was on parole and had prior arrests for convictions for assault with
a deadly weapon, resisting arrest, burglary, as well as for gun and drug crimes,
was charged with first degree murder and faces the death penalty.
In April 2007 the suspect was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death.
Six months prior to this incident, Deputy Ortiz's brother-in-law, Corrections Officer
Manuel A. Gonzalez, of the California Department of Corrections, was stabbed to
death by a gang member inmate at California Institution for Men in Chino.
Deputy Ortiz had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
for 15 years and was assigned to the Anti-Gang Unit. He is survived by his wife,
two sons, and mother. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
Deputy Ortiz had gone to an apartment complex in the city of Hawaiian Gardens
to question a woman about a shooting that had taken place the previous day.
As he spoke to the woman at the door of the apartment, the suspect in the previous
day's shooting appeared and shot him in the head.
The man then fled into an apartment three doors away. Deputies found him hiding
in a bathtub three hours later.
The suspect, who was on parole and had prior arrests for convictions for assault with
a deadly weapon, resisting arrest, burglary, as well as for gun and drug crimes,
was charged with first degree murder and faces the death penalty.
In April 2007 the suspect was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death.
Six months prior to this incident, Deputy Ortiz's brother-in-law, Corrections Officer
Manuel A. Gonzalez, of the California Department of Corrections, was stabbed to
death by a gang member inmate at California Institution for Men in Chino.
Deputy Ortiz had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
for 15 years and was assigned to the Anti-Gang Unit. He is survived by his wife,
two sons, and mother. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
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