Saturday, July 23, 2006

33◦ 39’ 41” N.

117◦ 59’ 15” W.

Two weeks later, after taking Aurora for her first bath at Huntington Beach Car Wash (18971 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 –one structure South of Edinger, West side of Beach Blvd.), we re-visited Crystal Cove.

Don had bought a “Jogger” at a garage sale along the way. His inventive proclivities were claiming it for it’s wheel base, but as long as we had it, we employed it to carry our reading material and beverages on our stroll to the shore.

It was delightfully cool and misty. The Beachcomber Café wasn’t scheduled to be open until August so that was still undergoing construction. We sat at the picnic bench with our bottled water and our books, until the pull became irresistible; the mist muted colors, the waves rolling up the sand, the convention of Dowitchers breakfasting on Sand Crabs at the tide line, weathered wood posts—everything patiently posing.

Along the path from the car lot to the Beach

Well, yes they LOOK crooked, but it's the hill they are on.

On the path to the beach.

The beach

What's that? A bird? A plane? No, it's not Superman.