Birthday Celebration

Tide Pools at Crystal Cove State Park

Black Friday? Not for us.  To honor H's birthday, we did not get up at any ungodly hour to wait in line.  Instead, we slept in, ate breakfast burritos from Alberto's then headed for the ocean.  With six of us now, we can no longer all fit in our Camry, so we borrowed our friends' Suburban.

It had been a while since we had taken the Balboa Island Ferry (prices have certainly gone up recently - it used to be around a quarter for each passenger, but now it is $1 a head, plus $1 per car), so we enjoyed that little ride and took the chance to look at the breakers at the end of the peninsula there.

The breakfast burritos were still holding us, so we headed for Crystal Cove State Park to walk the tidepools, breathe in the fresh ocean breezes, and renew our attachment to the Pacific.  After a cool week before, we enjoyed the warm, sunny weather.

No trip to OC is complete without a stop at 85C, but this time we only waited in line for the iced sea salt coffees.  The pastry line was too long.

We topped off the evening with great Thanksgiving leftovers, and the delicious homemade cherry pie by C in honor of her dad's birthday.