Laguna Beach

Laguna Beach

On one of our "rest days" while in Orange County, we went to Laguna Beach to get knocked down by the waves, play in the sand, and check out the baby crabs in the tide pools.

The water was chilled, but not uncomfortable. The waves were strong, and it was a bit unnerving to feel the sand give way beneath you when another wave was about to take you on. 

And the sand - oh my - there was so much sand! It's been a loooong while since I've been in water like this that I had forgotten how the water leaves you with the wave but the sand stays. We all were "leaking" sand the rest of the day!

We went exploring in the tide pools to look for baby crabs - once you knew what to spot they were everywhere! Edith loved every moment of "I found another one!" but Ginny was very content to stay on the "clean sand". Walking by the washed-up kelp yielded many "yuck" comments and she avoided them like the plague. While she tans up easy, she is definitely not a beach girl!

As we prepared to leave, Edith found great delight in scattering the pigeons who were nearing the beach:

All in all, a great rest day! We followed our beach adventure with some really great gelato, just a few blocks inland. Our next adventure was the Mission San Juan Capistrano!