Vacay- Day 2

We woke up around 6:00 AM Sunday morning, which was Father's Day!  We gave Stephen his little card and gift, ate breakfast at the hotel, and then headed to Laguna Beach.  It was only about a 15 minute drive from the hotel, which was a nice reprieve from the day before.  We left steamy, humid Atlanta and woke up to 63 degrees in LA!  It was very chilly, so we didn't wear our bathing suits to go to the beach, like we had planned to.

Honey, I shrunk the kids!

The ocean!

We first stopped at a park called Crystal Cove State Park, which had some hiking trails that we ventured on.  You hike on dirt trails up with nothing but mountain views, until you get to a certain height where you can have a great view of the Pacific Ocean!  That was about as high as we made it, with Taylor, the "hike hater", starting to gripe and moan and complain.  We turned around, tried to avoid any rattlesnakes (we didn't see any, but we saw warning signs every quarter of a mile!) and drove to another part of the same park, which was across the street by the ocean.

Here, we could walk down to the beach and see the ocean.  The beaches are gorgeous, yet so different from east coast beaches.  They don't have as much of a "chill on the beach all day" feel, as there isn't as much free sand to hang out on and there are lots of rocks on the beach.  The waves were pretty strong and we got to see some brave souls surfing in the distance.

See that house?  We zillowed it and it was something like $64 million.  We were so tempted. ;P

After the beach, we headed to a cool park called Bluebird Park.  They had different types of playground equipment, and the kids enjoyed it for about half an hour.  Then we went and grabbed some lunch before heading to the actual town of Laguna Beach.

By this point, the temperature had warmed up to the mid-70s, and Main Beach in Laguna Beach was hopping.  There were several volleyball courts, basketball courts, lots of sandy beaches, and tons of people.  Still not as much sand space as most Florida beaches have, but people were all crammed in there, claiming any space they could... and they didn't seem to mind.

We walked around downtown Laguna Beach, shopped a little, hit up a candy store, went down to the beach to people watch.  You really saw all sorts of people- tourists, locals, people in bathing suits, people dressed up, old, young, skateboarders, dogs galore, etc.

Afterwards, we grabbed dinner and headed back to the hotel and hung out there the rest of the evening.

Super foosball!