DAY 2 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

So I pretty much LOVE California. Every time I come here it gets harder and harder to come back to Texas. Everything is so much different here: The air is different, the breeze feels refreshing, the smell of salt when you are by the ocean, the warm (not blistering hot) sun on your skin, the consistent 70 degree days in January, In-N-Out. Yesterday was just a fantastic day, it couldn’t have been any better! After I got the picture I scouted literally all day, Kristin and I had a romantic dinner at The Cliff Restaurant – Laguna Beach. It’s an outdoor patio on the side of a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The breeze was pretty chilly by sundown but they had heaters at each table. I had some of the best fish and chips of my life and Kristin got clam chowder! I would have taken pictures but I left the camera in the car.

MY SUPER SECRET COVE AT LAGUNA BEACH

Well not really, a lot of people knew about it, but it was so hard to get to that most people didn’t bother. 90% of the foot prints in the sand belong to either Kristin or myself. The cove is located at the Montage Beach Resort in Laguna Beach. The place is guarded by CIA looking body guards in full suits, oakleys, and genuine CIA ear pieces. I had to persuade one guard to let me go check out the grounds before having to find a parking spot a mile away. He decided to let me go and when I came back a few minutes later he radioed to another guard that the situation is under control and that I came back. I wonder what would have happened if I didn’t?

So we went and found a parking spot and walked for a while before finding a path from the cliff to the beach. We then trekked through the rocks around the main cove and found this secluded one. I think it was well worth it considering it literally took us ALL day to find a place good enough for an HDR.