It is a December morning in Southern California, and the weather is beautiful! Bob and I enjoy breakfast oustide on the deck and I blog a little bit while he gets ready for golf. Once he is gone and I am done writing, I meet a friend for lunch at the Coliseum Pool and Grill at Pelican Hill. They claim they have the world's largest circular pool, and while I don't go around measuring these things, I assume they are correct. Here are a few scenes from the Coliseum Grill and Pelican Hill in general.

After lunch, Barbara and I decide on an excursion. We are going to take the shuttle to Crystal Cove State Park to explore a bit and stroll along the beach. Crystal Cove is maybe 10 minutes (if not less) from the resort. It is 3.5 miles of uninterrupted, pristine and beautiful coastline, a restaurant called the Beachcomber Cafe, and some historically important old-school cottages in dire need of restoration. There is a funding drive underway for the revamp, by the way. It is Sunday afternoon, 65 degrees, and the people of SoCal are doing what they do best -- enjoying nature with family and friends. I could live here in a hot second.

After sitting at a picnic table and enjoying the views, we embark on a beach walk, but after 5 minutes I realize I lost my credit card, so we go back to the picnic table and there it is on the sand. Must have fallen out of my pocket. I dust it off and we use it for a glass of wine at the Beachcomber. So relaxing!! Actually, I think Barbara paid, but it is now time to head back to Pelican Hill as we have a group dinner at the Montage Hotel, Laguna Beach. It's pretty swanky here, especially all decked out for the holidays. We are a party of 10 or so, it is a business dinner, I know very few of these people yet I make them all take pictures of their food on my phone.

After dinner, Bob and I walk down to our room and it is pretty. Tomorrow is another day, be sure to check in as I already know what I did, and it was fun.