December 26, 2005

We were supposed to travel to San Diego today, but the weather was yacky. We will not enjoy the zoo with all the rainshower going on. So today, we decided to just go beach hopping.

We picked up Mama Nene from Nene and Larry Ramollete's place, and headed to Santa Monica Beach. It was foggy, but still the sight of the ocean makes me smile. Here are some photos:
























































The only eye irritant was the Arlington West Memorial which the Veterans for Peace Iraq war protestors made in the Santa Monica Pier. In my opinion, there are other places where they can appropriately place it. Not on a beach where you go with your family and kids and enjoy it and suddenly you see the crosses. It takes out the pleasure of the day of strolling in the beach. It's like going to a Senior's prom in your gowns, then suddenly one guy decides to attend and brings a funeral gasket... spoils the fun of the party. Good if it was a Halloween Party, because it would be appropriate, but it's not. Here's a photo:














Then, we drove to visit the famous Malibu Beach area. There were many surfers with the high tide and parking was hard, so I wasn't able to take a photo of the surfers. We just took a photo of the other surrounding that had the name or sign MALIBU on it. Here's a photo: