Tag Archives: Southern California

Sunday Traveler: Orange County; Laguna Beach

Sunday travel continues on down the highway. The Pacific Coast Highway, to sunny, sumptuous Laguna Beach. You’d think you were in Hawaii. It’s lovely and is one of the more expensive places to live in Orange County given its location, … Continue reading

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Sunday Traveler: Orange County California, Huntington Beach

Orange County. One of my favorite places in Southern California. We were lucky enough to live here for five years, and loved every minute of this diverse community that is just south of Los Angeles, and a world unto itself. For the next … Continue reading

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Sunday Post: Unforgettable

Orange County, in Southern California, a little farther south of Los Angeles. We had five unforgettable years there in paradise. This photo is taken from an outdoor mall, Fashion Island, in Newport Beach, right across from the Pacific Ocean. The … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Comfort

I don’t know why, but my comfort has always been found in the ocean. Maybe in another life I was from the ocean. Photos I’ve taken in different places: Northern California Southern California Hawaii Mexico      

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Orange County, Laguna Beach

Here we go again. Our last day in Orange County. We are heading south on the Pacific Coast Highway towards Laguna Beach today. We drive past Crystal Cove State Park with the first really good vista of the ocean laid out in … Continue reading

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Orange County, Fashion Island

It’s day three of our Orange County getaway, and we decide it’s time to hit Fashion Island in Newport Beach. After a leisurely room service breakfast in our mini suite at the Marriott in Costa Mesa, we head out to … Continue reading

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The Road to SoCal

I mentioned in a post the morning we left on our drive down to Orange County, California, from our home in Northern California, that our route south on Hwy. 5 would be wide open empty fields. I snapped the photo above … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Water

I’ve spent the last five days in Southern California, driving from Northern Cal to Southern Cal last Thursday for a little getaway. My photos  for this week’s challenge, water, must start with how Southern Cal get’s a lot of it’s … Continue reading

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Years of Wine and Roses

We’ll be driving down to Orange County, CA in three weeks. It is a homecoming of sorts. We’re not originally from there, but it was our home for five short years, five years ago. We call those years our years … Continue reading

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