Thursday, August 8, 2013

California: Day 5 - Huntington Beach

Wow...this day was amazing. A perfect sampling of what life was like when we lived in HB. It almost felt like we lived there again. 

Our first priority was renting a surfboard.  We all gave it a shot (except Logan - but he did enjoy the board on the sand). It was so much harder than I remembered! Mikayla was the only one who caught a good ride, but we all had fun attempting.

The rest of the day included solid beach time, walking Main Street, browsing surf shops, stopping at our old apartment, happy hour / late lunch at Dukes, flying a kite on the beach, and malts at Ruby's on the pier. Such a perfect day - I loved every second of it!! Totally made me miss living there. But Shawn and I agreed that we took advantage of our couple years in Cali.

Back at the hotel, the kids crashed without a peep and Mikayla and I enjoyed another evening swim before bed.  

It was our last day of vacation and, in my opinion, the best day of the vacation :)

A few notes about our hotel. The kids went to bed without a sound every single night. Same for naps for Logan. Everyone slept soundly through the night...all 5 of us in one room. We had a separate livingroom, which was key. We could see nightly Disneyland fireworks and Angles game fireworks from our room. We walked to the Angels game from our hotel. Thanks Shawn :)

   So sad I missed the shot of Mikayla catching her wave!! 
   Sand training...

    Ryder's first wave!!

    Our old apartment on Main Street!

    Aloha Hour at Dukes!

    Logan - my HB beach baby :)
    Some tackle football at the beach.

    Flying our kite :)
    Mom and Ryder

    Mom and Logan

   Ahhh! Is Mikayla taller than me?!

    Focused on their malts at Ruby's diner at the end of Huntington's pier :)

    Logi in his red vinyl highchair repeatedly signing "more" (above) and "please" for another taste of milkshake!!
    So tired at the end of each day!!

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