An early direct flight into LAX had me on the ground there by 11am where I met up with two of Nico’s amputee soccer teammates. We drove in my rental car to Garden Grove where the team has rented a large house through airbnb which will be our base of operations for the weekend. 

With three hours to kill before checkin, we decided to drive over to Newport Beach to check out the ocean scene. The water was too cold for my taste, but there was no lack of interesting photographic subjects.