Wednesday, August 11, 2010

A Day at the Beach


I went a little photo crazy during our love trip, especially on the day we walked around the beach and the surrounding neighborhoods. Laguna Beach is just so cute! The best/worst moment was when I was trying to take an "art" shot of my red toenails in the sand with a wave swirling around them. I told Ren to watch for big waves while I had my eyes down...apparently the boogie boarders in the distance were more interesting! Next thing I knew a big one got me, splashing my whole lower body and the right side of me all the way up to my ear, including my camera! Luckily, the camera is still working and no worse for the dunking it took.

After the camera splashing incident, I decided to climb some of the big rocks. Just as I was on top of a BIG one and peeking over to let Ren take my picture, a very young lifeguard boy sheepishly made his
way over and mutters, "You can't climb the rocks." "Well, I've already climbed up here, so can't I take a look around before I come down?" I asked, just slightly miffed at my fun being ruined. He looked over his shoulder and said, "Well, two of my supervisors are here observing me so you really have to come down." Sheesh! It was all I could do to be obedient to the nice young man and climb down...I hate rules sometimes! Still, I adore the beach and we had fun regardless!

Me just after the wave hit me

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Our Laguna Love Trip

Two weeks ago Ren and I stole away for a "love trip" in California. Aside from the fact that Ren was sick and his eardrum ruptured three days before, requiring us to cancel our flight and drive there, it was lovely to get away from it all. (And everyone knows that my "all" is a LOT of people!) We stayed at a gorgeous Bed and Breakfast with an ocean view called Casa Laguna. One morning while we were waiting for our gourmet breakfast to arrive on the patio, I decided to snap a bunch of pictures. I just had to show everyone this little piece of heaven! There were courtyards and bricked walkways and oodles of flowers everywhere!

Our only complaint...it was COLD! Now, I'm the last to complain about  being cold...especially coming from triple-digits in AZ, but I've  never seen the beach like this in late July. The clouds and mist  didn't burn off until very late afternoon, if at all, and I soon  discovered that I had not packed well for temps in the high 60's.  Luckily, I did pack warm, fuzzy socks and wore them whenever the  occasion permitted. :D It was a perfect way to spend my birthday!  Thanks for the wonderful trip sweetie. I love you!