Whale Watching

I took a morning walk to beach. 

I told myself that I had to go to the beach everyday this week. Cause, if someone lived a 20 minute walk from the beach, wouldn't they go there EVERYDAY!?!?! YES! So that's what I'm doing. I went there last night too, 2.94 miles. I'm going to prove to myself that I am worthy to have a home 20 minutes from the beach someday. 

It was lovely, and filled my cup. So I just walked out of the resort and down the hill to Crystal Cove State park. I left at 6:10 this morning, walked 2.52 miles. Pretty K asleep in our fluffy bed when I got back. 

I got back in time for us all to get up and ready and out the door for our Whale watching excursion at 9am. 

I didn't know where it was, and got us in the line for the wrong "adventure" when Corey told me to go ahead with the kids while he and Brent parked the cars. They came and figured out where we were actually supposed to be, yay. The boat whale watching tour we had was smaller, but that was good, cause the one I got us in line for had a ton of tourists, most of which looked like they were in a junior high tour group. I get so disoriented on the water. I looked at Life360 to try and see where we were. I thought it was cute it had us on a boat. 

It felt like we were further out than this shows. The ocean was peaceful and quiet, and it was nice to be out and "doing something" even if it was just sitting on a boat. 

We didn't see any whales, but saw a pod of dolphins! They were close to the boat, and the captain followed them, so we saw them twice. It was kinda cold, so we went inside. 

Yay, some seals too.

Back at the Marriott, the kids went swimming. 

The Felix's boys were super sweet to play with Peter, and Katharine loved playing with their daughter. She's the same age as my girls, but siblings are old news... "Meh, we've swam with them before. Let's see what it's like swimming with these other people." Griff chasing Peter. 

I walked around the pool, and Peter would swim across the pool to where I was standing, then I'd go to a different corner, and he'd swim over there. I didn't get in to swim today, but I played with them that way. Then when it was almost sunset, Abi went to the store for stuff for s'mores. We visited by the firepit, and I ran down to try and see the sunset over the ocean. 

I decided I better go to the ocean again today cause we'll be heading out early to go to Six Flags tomorrow, and I might not get it in. On my walk back, I discovered some red edible looking fruit in the bushes. I googled it and am pretty sure I found it - carissa macrocarpa. It said they are edible, so I picked as many as I could find (watch out for the thorns!) I felt a little silly foraging, but it was fun. The white milk that comes after you bite into them is a bit disturbing looking, so we'll see if I die. But I'm pretty sure they're safe.