Sunday morning it was a little rough getting going but we finally got moving and headed south down California Rt.1, the Pacific Coast Highway. We drove south through Corona Del Mar, Crystal Cove, and Laguna Beach, to Dana Point. Along the way we stopped at a Ruby’s Diner for a late lunch. The food and ambience were wonderful. It is a chain but is modeled after a 50’s type diner. They had great shakes and a cool American Kobe Beef mini burger plate. All along the CA 1 the scenery was pure California coast, mountains, and cliffs with houses hanging off every possible inch. The surf was up and people were out enjoying the 68-degree weather. I spent a lot of the time car spotting. This is truly the place where all the exotic cars go, and folks actually drive them. We saw more Ferrari’s, Lamborghini’s, Porsches, Rolls Royce’s, Bentley’s, and high end Mercedes and BMW’s than I have ever seen. Dana Point was fabulous and we found a beautiful overlook high above the marina/harbor. We th en headed off to see San Juan Capistrano (looking for Swallows). Had a funny event along the way: I had been working on learning how to program the "Hertz Never Lost" navigation computer. To find the San Juan Mission, I programmed San Juan Capistrano into the computer. We dutifully followed the directions, and ended up in the parking lot of the San Juan Capistrano Post Office. We asked directions from a nice man, and soon found the Mission a few blocks over. We looked around in this area and then headed back up the coast to Newport Beach to land. Along the way, we stopped in Laguna Beach at a Park, and spent some time walking around. The flowers were too beautiful to describe. There are all types of blooming cactus and a multitude of other blooming plants we did and didn’t recognize. (the birds of paradise were especially beautiful) When we got back no one was too energetic so we watched a special on Yellowstone Park and crashed.
Your correspondent,
Wes
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