Vacation Recap: Hanging with the Stars

Wednesday p.m.: 4.5 mile run outside

Thursday a.m.: 3 mile treadmill run

There was a high of 80 yesterday so Kelly and I took full advantage of it and went for a run after work.

It's always a hard adjustment back to running in warm weather. You would think I would be used to changing all the time since I live in Ohio, but every year it is hard.

It felt so good though to be in shorts and a tank.

Feeling the sun on my arms and legs and knowing my face was as red as a tomato. 

A red face is a true sign of working hard.

I was in love with this tree at the cemetery

Now for the last (I think) vacation recap. I can't believe we've only been back for 2 weeks!

HTB's dad took us to a little cemetery in L.A. right behind the building where his office used to be. It was so pretty and peaceful.

HTB's dad used to eat lunch with Marilyn. Now Farrah Fawcett is here too.

We were able to visit so many famous people - all in one place!

Jack Lemmon, Marilyn, Mel Torme, Ray Bradbury, Dean Martin and many more.

It's well hidden and I'm sure in the days before the Google tubes it was quite the hidden gem.

 

We also hit Hollywood and the TCL Chinese Theater and the Dolby Theater.

Hello Harry Potter, George Clooney and Michael Jackson!

Of course we had to lunch at In & Out Burger!

One the way back to our condo we went to Santa Monica. We watched the sunset, saw the end of Route 66 (I have a picture somewhere...) and hung out on the Santa Monica pier.

It was a beautiful day.

It also happened to be our 1 year anniversary of our first date!

I hope all of our anniversaries are this pretty and fun!

Vacation Recap: Whale and Dolphin Safari

Wednesday p.m.: Weights

I decided to "sleep in" Wednesday morning and just do weights after work.

Of course I still woke up a little before 5. Oh well!

While we were in California we went on a whale and dolphin tour with Captain Dave in Dana Point.

Wow, am I glad we did this! It turned out to be my favorite part of vacation.

Before this trip to Cali I had never seen whales before. We saw them from the shore just about every night and using the binoculars we spotted a few from our balcony. The Gray Whales are making their yearly journey from Mexico to Alaska.

We saw 4 Gray Whales and one Fin Whale.

The whales are very fun to see, but that was nothing compared to the 1000+ dolphins that ended up surrounding us. As far as you could see there were dolphins jumping out of the water.

I'm not sure how long we stayed like this, but it was quite some time. The dolphins were playing with us - swimming right along the boat, looking at us and making their sonar sound (does that even make sense?!).

It might have been the coolest thing I ever witnessed.

After the whales we saw the second set of 2 Gray Whales. 

I finally got my tail pictures!

This one is my favorite. 

If you find yourself in the area, go visit Captain Dave. The crew was great and they do wonderful things for conservation and rescue of the whales and other sea life.