Vacation Day 6 – Up the coast

On Day 6, we rented a car and went up to Hollywood to visit my cousin Lindsay. We got a Mazda 6, and it was a ton of fun. I really missed driving in San Diego and driving in general, really. The first thing we did was head up Mount Soledad to the cross, which will be coming down because of a separation of church and state decision.

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It was completely foggy and the magnificent view of San Diego was so obscured that you couldn’t even see down the hill more than about 50 feet. So that opportunity was somewhat blown. But we headed up I-5, and when we could get off, we took the coast highway and stopped in Laguna Beach.

Whatever weather was causing the massive waves in PB the day before was still in effect on Thursday. And because of the steeper slope of Laguna Beach, the waves crash much closer to the shore. So we were seeing the giant waves we saw Wednesday, only about 5 times closer.

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I went around this outcropping to this little sandy cove to get some pictures and videos of the waves crashing on the rocks. Here’s looking left from where I was standing:

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And here’s the view to the right, where Sara waited on the safe and dry part of the beach:

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I was standing on top of a big rock, and even though the water was coming in around me, I thought I was safe from getting wet because of how high I was. I’d get splashed up to my shins now and then, but I didn’t think the water could really come much higher. I was very wrong. A huge wave came in and I got soaked – absolutely soaked – even my hair got wet. And I didn’t have any spare clothes with me, so it was pretty uncomfortable for a while. But here’s a look at the waves crashing on the rocks:

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to be continued…

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