Santa Monica Beach -Good Bye CA

Our last day to be with the family, Audy decided before taking us to the airport we would stop at Santa Monica Beach.  So, so happy she made this choice.  This is one of Marlon and I's favorite places to stay.  :-) Love this view.

 Seamus had some modeling time so we took some pictures of him posing, gonna miss you so much.

 Nice walkway out to the beach which was lined with lots of tall palm trees.

We are getting closer to the pier, almost at our destination.

 It's early and there are still lots of bikes to rent, along with a few motorized ones.

 The rides on the pier are up and in operation.  
 Yeah, we have reached the pier.

 Marlon is in this picture of sunglasses, can you find him?

 This sign made me smile, how about you?

 Audy, Greg and Seamus Route 66

 Great view of the beach!

 Seamus meets another dog that looks just like him, but this dog was a girl.

 Time to head back to the car and on to the airport.  Such a wonderful time spent with the fam.

 Love the pretty colors.

Surf City Santa Monica

Up early and out for a walk along the  beach.

The sun is up and the weather is wonderfully warm.  

 Started walking down the walking path where there are lots of people up and walking, biking, running.  Noticed this cool camper van in the parking lot along the path.  A guy was in there getting ready to go surfing.

I was totally enjoying watching all the people going surfing this morning.  While walking on the beach you could look out at the ocean and see at least 25 surfers.  They all seemed to be waiting for the perfect wave.  Watched them for a while as they tried their surfing skills on each big wave they encountered.  Several surfers didn't mind posing for some pics......

There are so many flowers here in CA in full bloom.  The flowers make me smile as I admire them.

We are both hungry and are heading back to the condo.  Marlon made us breakfast and we ate out on the patio.

Decided to walk around the area and find a place to have lunch.  During our walk I captured some more beautiful flowers.  The cherry blossom trees are beginning to bloom.

Once I seen, the cherry blossom trees I started thinking about my upcoming trip to Japan.  We came upon the perfect place to eat lunch.  We found a Japanese Ramen Noodle place called JINYA Ramen Bar at

11239 Ventura Blvd

Studio 

City, CA 91604

 Totally loved the food and atmosphere here.

Shopped in a few shops on the way home.  Never got hungry till around 7 pm and

  Marlon and I went down by the pool where there is a big grill.  Grilled some chicken breasts and drank some wine and chatted about t his weekends activities.

 Caught some of the sunset tonight, lots of colors tonight and I almost missed it.