Saturday, April 16, 2011

Dana Point, Orange County


Southern California, Pacific coast – its so laid back here even the seagulls can’t be bothered stealing your lunch. We’re in a very modern condo about 300 meters from the beach. Early morning exercise on the beach is the done thing either surfing, power walking, jogging, or there’s a new sport which involved standing on a surf board with one paddle. What’s wrong with good old fashioned sit down rowing? Walking along the beach on Monday, we were so inspired by the locals we both spontaneously broke into a jog, causing a few local earth tremors, and the odd sideways look. We decided to spend the day hanging out the beach so had our shorts, packed lunch, and novels to hand. We found a quiet spot near the marina to read for a few hours. Unfortunately we both now have lobster legs and have to cover up for a few days.

Spent yesterday morning whale watching, or more accurately described as ‘searching for whales to no avail’; but we did spend a very pleasant few hours on the water and saw plenty of common dolphins surfing the bow wave in front of the boat.

1 comment:

Karen and Malcolm said...

Hi guys

A pity we couldn't have caught up in LA before we flew back to Oz - let us know if you are heading to Yosemite and San Francisco as we have just come back from there and had a fantastic time.

Cheers Karen and Malcolm