I came back from our trip to California OVERLOADED with pictures so I have split the trip into several posts!!
We got up bright and early Thursday (the 23rd) and left the house by 6:30. We make the 10 hour trek west to California and actually made really good time, despite traffic once we got within 30 miles of our hotel. We relaxed for a bit and then headed up the Manhattan Beach to eat dinner and do a little shopping, sorry no pics. Then we came back and swam in the hotel pool and spent some time in the hot tub.
Friday morning we got up and out of the hotel by 8:30 and headed north to Santa Monica Pier. It was quite chilly and overcast but we put on our coats and made the best of it! We rented bikes from a little shop on the pier and headed north up the Pacific Coast Highway toward Malibu. We biked about 10 miles round trip and stopped on the way for a little picnic and to play in the sand!
On our bike ride back toward the pier the sun came through and it warmed right up! We took our bikes back and headed up to the pier for some fun! We had some burgers and fries, rode the little carousel, and then headed up the famous Santa Monica ferris wheel. Hadley loved everything and she was so cute to watch!!
What a view from the top!!
We went back the hotel for a short nap for everyone. Then we drove to Redondo Beach (where most The O.C. was acutally filmed, which is I why I picked that beach) to play and swim at little. Well, we didn't end up getting in the ocean because the clouds came back out and it cooled off alot! But Hadley and Steve certainly enjoyed themselves in the sand!!
After playing we found a local restaurant with some amazing fish & chips and then walked along the beach and another small pier. We ended the night back in the hotel hot tub and turned in kinda early for our next day in Huntington Beach!
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