Thursday, April 14, 2022 - We hopped on an early morning flight to California and Elaine picked us up at 11:30, so we had all afternoon/evening to enjoy hanging out with Elaine (who was on spring break, the first one in quite a few years!). The house that Elaine & Ian are renting is so cute and only about 4 blocks to the beach. They did a really great job cleaning up this cute little cottage, and it sure feels like home. We enjoyed the ocean views from both the back yard and the front porch.
The covered area looking out to the back yard
The living room looking out to the porch and spare bedroom that they are using as an office/den
The ocean view off in the distance
A walk down to the ocean
Cute little kitchen with a window view out to the back yard
tomatoes, zinias, and peppers in the pots
Yummy pasta dish in the back yard
The Greenes doing the dishes
Love that fireplace!
Nice corner window in their bedroom
We had a fire in the fireplace and birthday cake to celebrate Elaine's 30th birthday 2 weeks ago
Happy Birthday Elaine!
Friday, April 15, 2022 - Kev and I were still on East coast time, so we enjoyed an early morning walk around Laguna. Elaine and Ian used to live on the other side of town, so it was fun to have a new part of town to explore. We then drove up to a beautiful city park that has 5 pickleball courts and played a few games of pickleball. After lunch we went to Woods Cove for an afternoon on the beach, then dinner with Ian's parents Todd & Laurie.
love this doorway to a little shop we found on our morning walk
Each beach has a completely different entryway. I had to take a pic of every one we passsed.
All the beaches have a bunch of steps!
Another nice beach
Wouldn't you like to live on Ocean Way?
Yay! Elaine found us at another overlook.
Laguna is giving us a Spring preview
We love to play pickleball wherever we go.
Great views from this city park
more views
beautifully landscaped in between the pickleball and tennis courts
Another sunny day!
A seal popped his head up at the beach
Cali girl
we spent a lot of time on this front porch
Saturday April 16, 2022 - We took another morning walk along the beach and today we saw whales and dolphins, really close to the shore. After our walk, it was more pickleball and then lunch out near Sawdust and a few beers and games of Qwixx, next door at the Laguna Beach beer company. We walked down to the beach for the sunset and facetimed with Meg & Maddy. The Easter bunny brought everyone the game of Qwixx, so we got a quick game in with Meg & Maddy, which made it almost feel like they were in Cali with us.
Another beautiful ocean view
We think these were gray whales swimming by
You can see a few dolphins swimming with the whales
lemons and loquats from Elaine and Ian's back yard
Elaine jumped in and played pickleball with the Saturday morning pickleball group
Qwixx and beers
We taught Meg and Maddy how to play Qwixx
Sunset on Pearl St
The Greenes
We love sunsets at the beach
pink ocean
Sunday April 17, 2022- Our last day, but we'll be back! We did another beach walk before we had to head to the airport. We sure love those Laguna beaches. Elaine & Ian are lucky to live in such a crazy beautiful spot.
lots and lots of stairs
We walked through the grounds of the Montage, what a beautiful spot
looks like paradise to me
Good byes and off to the airport
The Long Beach Airport
We got to wait for boarding outside, enjoying our last few minutes in the sun, with our masks off
