Day 5 was Beach Day Two – the day we were actually going to hang out on the beach for the hot hours of the day. Weather.com told us it was going to be 80 degrees and sunny.

We had our third In-N-Out lunch at the Sports Arena location. I ordered the 4×4, which was my first time ordering anything off the secret menu. I like this picture because it makes it look like Sara’s eating two sandwiches and two orders of fries for lunch. She doesn’t like this picture for the exact same reason.

We got out at La Playa so that we could walk around Mission Bay on our way to Pacific Beach. Sara stopped to ride this turtle at the playground.

By the time we got to the beach, it started getting really cloudy and cold. We sunbathed for about 5 minutes and then put our clothes back on and played Scrabble. I won, to end my losing streak. But by the time we were done with the game, we were freezing. It got really cold and the sky got really gray. The waves were huge, though – bigger than I have ever seen at Pacific Beach.

This is a view from down on the beach by where we sat. It’s really hard to get a sense of how big the waves were from this picture, unfortunately.

We went out onto the pier, which was really exciting because the waves were breaking probably no more than 30 feet out from where the pier ended, so you could get an up-close view of these huge things. Every wave just rattled the pier. Here are a few pictures from out there:

We walked back up Garnet to have dinner at World Curry, but on the way we passed Avalon Tattoo, where Rey Mysterio gets his tattoos.

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