Our Trip to California – Part 2

We went to the beach at Half Moon Bay on Friday. When we first got to town we stopped at a seafood restaurant, Sam’s Chowder House and had lobster rolls. They were pretty tasty. Then we headed for the beach. Karen held Wyatt’s hand and went to stand in the surf. This beach, like many in California, has a serious back tow problem and she didn’t want him to be swept away. At first he just got his feet wet and ran away when the waves came in, but the more he did it the more fun he had and the longer he wanted to spend in the water. Towards the end, a big wave came in and soaked both Karen and Wyatt. I think that persuaded them to come out.

Wyatt also wanted to play in the sand and I helped him build a sand castle. I loaded a beach pail with sand and made bastions for the four corners of the castle. Then Wyatt and I filled in between them making walls. A rake for a flag and we were all set.

On Saturday we went out for breakfast again but it got so late we had lunch instead. We went to La Mediterranee. Zach and I got the sample plate. Of all the delicious things to eat on it, the very best was the pomegranite chicken. Wendy says that is her favorite too.

After lunch we went to Zach’s sister Erin’s house. She and her husband Bryan were putting on a baby shower for August and it was nice to meet all of Wendy and Zach’s friends and relatives. They got lots of good stuff too.

We were due to leave on Sunday and just before we did we gathered everyone and took some pictures. Here is one of Karen and I and the boys. I know Wendy had this photo on her blog but we loved it so much we had to have it on ours too. We had also hoped to have a shot of the four of them together and one of all six of us but it got too complicated.

Our flight wasn’t until 4 o’clock California time but we left around noon because we had to return the rental car and take the tram and get something to eat before we took off and all that worked out perfectly. Because we were flying east the time was 2 hours later when we landed and that was around midnight Iowa time. We still had to drive back to Cedar Rapids from Des Moines. Karen had to work the next day so I told her to try and get some sleep. In repayment, the little sweetheart let me sleep in on Monday morning. We had a great time.