We had checked out of our first hotel and couldn't check into the 2nd yet so we just went to the beach...oops...without towels. No worries though, we made lunch and laid right there in the sand...and again, without changing any diapers!!!
Brian cajoled me into the cold water and it wasn't bad after a while. We rode some of the waves for a while and when I finally started feeling beat up I sat there and got some pics of Brian in the water. For those of you who know quiet, laid-back Brian, he turns into an excited 5-year-old in the ocean- jumping, diving, yelling, etc. "Just Add Water" It was pretty funny.
Brian getting swallowed by a wave...
Brian spotted a bunch of dolphins about 100 yards out- it was so cool! They were jumping in and out of the water! (I couldn't seem to get a really good pic...but it was quite a sight.)
Finally, we went to the hotel. It's a Holiday Inn by the airport, which is less than 10 minutes from the beach but it's much more corporate than the first one- not as "vacation-y". We got settled in, cleaned up, and went back out for a quiet casual night on the coast.
We found ourselves on Balboa Island (we've been doing a lot of just driving around) and ate at a little Italian place, got some hot chocolate, and walked around enjoying the evening...and, you guessed it, no diapers to change!
Brian and I have been having a really great time. We get along really well on vacation b/c we like to do the same things and we're both open to just doing whatever. I love the fact that half the time we don't even know where we are but we're just enjoying ourselves anyway. Haha, we've done A LOT of u-turns here trying to get the directions right but it's totally okay, b/c our intention was to just relax and do a bunch of nothing...
So since our hotel doesn't offer free breakfast (I don't recommend staying at a Holiday Inn) we did go next door to McDonalds- yuck- to avoid paying $8 for a small plate of eggs. It's a little chilly & cloudy so we're going to head out to the beach, Brian's going to go for a run while I read the paper, and then we're going to find a coffee shop on the coast to hang out at until the sun comes out. Then back to the beach to lounge around like lazy loafs!
Oh, tonight is our anniversary dinner. We're going to Mastro's Ocean Club Fish House for some steak & seafood. We've got a reservation right on the water so we can watch the sunset...ah, how romantic. We're planning on enjoying some wine and spectacular seafood...and maybe we'll have room for dessert!
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