Wine and whales

One day we went wine tasting. I didn't really have any expectations but it wasn't what I expected. I had no idea that wine tasting was so popular!!! Seriously, hundreds of people were there! I liked sitting outside best though.

The next day we went whale watching. On the way to Newport Beach, we drove along the coast. It was fun, just for the experience. But dang! There are way too many people at the beach! I guess it's been a long, long time since I've been to the beach. But honestly, even if I had millions of dollars to spend on a house at the beach, I wouldn't do it. I don't like people. And too many of them take away all the pleasure of something. We saw million dollar cars on the road and a yacht dealership! whaaaaaat?!? And then we saw this,

that really balances out all the opulence :-)

We stopped at a fun little retro diner, called Ruby's, for lunch.

Then came Newport. Again, I didn't have any expectations but I didn't think it was going to be SO AWESOME! We saw whales! Up close! In the ocean! WOW! It was the best thing ever!!! There was a National Geographic photographer on the boat with us. When we were headed back to the harbor, he had his laptop set up in the galley so we could go in and see the photo's he'd taken. It was pretty cool.

there's our boat...

 Another beautiful day comes to an end.