Last weekend Dan and I really wanted to grab the Southern California life by the horns. So on Saturday morning we headed to the coast to Newport Beach to take a whale watching boat trip. We had a great time heading out into the Pacific and cruising along the coast. Watching whales? Not-so-much. But we did see lots of cute sea lions:
We also saw a dolphin and had a wonderful cruise along the coast of Newport Beach and Laguna Beach.
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| Snow capped Mt Baldy in the distance |
We also saw where Gilligan's Island was filmed. Who knew that all that time they were just stuck in the Newport Beach Harbor?!?!
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| Location where the Gilligan's Island crew was shipwrecked |
At the end of the ride we were given a coupon to come back again for only $7 - so we'll be going back for another cruise at the end of March with Dan McG and his crew and hope to see whales!
After our lovely boat cruise we took a quick drive to Costa Mesa where we made our way to the Noguchi Garden. A tucked away park among the skyscrapers that was designed by the famous Japanese-American landscape artist and sculptor, Isamu Noguchi.
We enjoyed a quiet picnic in the park before heading back to Claremont and an anxiously awaiting Annie Pup for a good long afternoon stroll in the Saturday sun.
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| Zen urban park |
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| Annie enjoying a warm sunny afternoon in the backyard |
On day 2 of our epic SoCal weekend we braved the crowds and met up with David, Gabrielle, Noah, and Owen at Disneyland!
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| Owen and Uncle Dan |
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| Uncle Dan and Noah pretending to be scared by a tiger in the treehouse |
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| A parade down Main Street in front of the Castle |
It was a very California weekend and we enjoyed doing the "touristy" things :).
pretending?? I can tell Dan really is scared by that tiger. I would want a coupon for a free ride if i did not see nay whales. it was a whale watchiing trip wasn't it??
ReplyDeleteDoing it! I love it!
ReplyDeleteLiving the life! February looks pretty nice out there.
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