Pointe Dume was a blast.......!!! Happy Birthday Marlon............

Marlon and I took a morning walk after breakfast. I love meeting new people everyday at breakfast.  Its nice to hear what there plans are for the day and what there doing today.  Its nice sharing places you have been and inform others about the experience you had at different places. 

I loved seeing this huge news stand.  I honestly have never seen a news stand on the streets big or small.  Marlon ended up looking around and got a newspaper.  

 Time to move on down the street where a lady was standing on the side of the street waving a sign showing the store was closing and had a big sale going on.  The maniquin looked so real until we got closer and noticed the bolt through the sign went into her belly LOL.  Marlon got some looks from cars passing by when he stood there smiling with his hand on her boobs........so funny.

 Time to head back to the hotel where we picked up things we needed for the day and went and got the van cleaned up from the day before.   We have arrived at Audy's house and are waiting for them to finish getting ready.  Mason looks well and ready to go......he's sporting his new LA hat and awesome shirt........and to top off his CALI outfit he has some mirrowed sunglasses.

 
  Today we are going to Pointe Dume.  This is our first time to travel down Topanga Canyon.  The road takes you up the side of the mountain and has beautiful scenery but if you get car sick this would not be a road you would like.  There are so many twists and turns on this road.  BB had a hard time with car sickness and sitting in the back of the van was not a good location for her to sit.   Audy told Marlon to pull into this lookout location where we could look at the San Fernando valley below and the Santa Monica Mountains.

 Spectacular views ............

 Audy and the kids found a trail to hike up......the trail was so steep.  I did manage to get to the top.  The trail was pretty rough.

  Kids went to the top and said they had a great view but I did not climb up that far as it looked to scary.

We are getting back in the van and making our way up the mountain to Pointe Dume.

Took us a couple trips around the block to get a place to park.  There was no parking lot just a pull off area.  Finally a spot opened up and we got parked.  

 Audy and the kids went up the hill and Marlon and I went down towards the ocean to find some tide pools.

2 flights of steps to get to the ocean, the view is beautiful from the top of the hill.

 I enjoyed spending some time by the ocean listening to the waves crash against the rocks.  I could tell Marlon enjoyed it, he sat down on a rock and just admired all the beauty around him and the nice calming sound of the ocean.  As I look up the stairs I could see JL coming down the 2 flights of stairs.

 Theres BB making her way down to the ocean.  I'm sure Mason and Audy are close behind.

JL and Mason are skipping rocks across the ocean....... its so nice to watch them all play and enjoy the ocean and all it has to offer.

 JL found a tide pool and wanted everyone to come and look at it.

 We each took a rock and placed one upon another to show how many in our group was there, starting with oldest first.   :-)

 Time to get back to Audy's and have a birthday celebration with Marlon.

We went to the grocery and Audy did some shopping  on the first day we arrived.  She had got her dad cupcakes for his birthday today.  We got back to Audys and the boys played with the dart guns shooting them at post it notes they had placed on the railings.

 Audy lit the candle and her and the kids walked in singing happy birthday to Marlon.  He is a lucky man to have so many people love him like they do.  

Marlon and I went to Pickwick's Pub for his birthday...........Happy Birthday to the man of my dreams.