Socal Day 3: The Real OC

We spent our 3rd day in Socal cruising the OC. Our first stop was the Newport Beach/Balboa area. We walked around the pier, took some pics. At the Balboa pier we even saw hundreds of kids doing some summer training as junior lifeguards. There was just a sea of kids running around in red swimming trunks and bathing suits along the beach and the park. We were even approached by a couple of guys interviewing for a local college on the topic of global issues. I thought for a minute it was a Jay Leno bit where they see how stupid people are about certain topics. I'll admit that when they brought up a country in Africa where there were genocides happening, I had no idea what they were talking about. Luckily Becky knew a little about it. Then the topic changed to politics and Obama...so we had our chance to give our two cents about our dislike for him. We then decided to drive south through Corona Del Mar, another rich neighborhood, before making our stop at Laguna Beach. This town was something to behold. For such a small town, there was definitely a lot of people roaming around. We grabbed a couple of sandwiches from Whole Foods and head for the beach park to enjoy our lunch. Their main beach park was awesome. Crammed into their beach park, was a lawn, a kids playground, many beach volleyball nets setup (which house AVP tournaments on weekends by the way), 2 hoop courts, and a tidepool area. And right across the street were the many boutiques and restaurants. How often can you say that you played volleyball and basketball on the beach. Let's just say that the only other place I've done that at was on Oahu. We ended our day by heading back to Newport Beach's Fashion Island Mall to kill a couple of hours before jumping on the plane home.