After walking probably close to a marathon in 2 days, we were ready for some relaxation. We headed to our hotel that we booked in Laguna Beach which had the same owners as Shorebreak, so we were looking forward to it. Once we got to our room, I think we both took a big sigh and had the biggest smiles on our faces. It was right on the beach and when we opened our sliding door we could see the ocean for miles. We made a promise to watch the sunset from our patio each night we were there...you couldn't have a better view. The front desk let us know that beach chairs and umbrellas are complementary, so we called them to let them know we were headed down and put our swimsuits on. It was so relaxing to lay by the ocean and get some sun!
We made plans to have dinner at House of BIG fish and Ice Cold Beer....sounds perfect huh?! It was on the second story of a building across the street from the beach, so we had a perfect view. The food and the drinks were exactly what we wanted! We finished dinner just in time to catch the sunset at our hotel, so we headed back, opened a bottle of Cupcake Red Velvet wine and relaxed. It was such a perfect day!
My sweet tooth started to kick in, so I suggested that we grab dessert somewhere. We made our roady-sodies and walked over to BJ's. The smell of the pizza was so good, that now I wanted something salty too, so as we ate our triple pazookie, we ordered a pizza to-go.
We walked back to our room, I to eat one slice before I was full and sleepy. The next morning, while filming our "High/Low" for the day, I found out what happened to the rest of the pizza.....
Since our feet had some time to recover by the second day in Laguna, we went to El Moro Canyon to go hiking. Just like everywhere else in California, the parking was expensive- $15! The ranger let us know what the best hike was, so we headed out on the trail. It didn't take long for us to realize that this was the most beautiful hike we've ever been on! There were tons of wild flowers and we had a view of the ocean during most of the hike. We even got to see a rattlesnake on the trail- once he saw us coming he slithered off the trail, but it wasn't until we looked at our pictures we saw that he had turned back around and was facing us! The only bad part was that all the mustard flowers really got Anthony's allergies going :( It took him days to recover from that hike, but it was definitely my favorite part of our whole trip!
It seemed our trip had come to an end all too soon. We planned to have a nice dinner on our last night in Laguna, so we chose the sushi place across the street from the hotel. We were surprised at how busy it was for a Thursday night, but we found out that it was $6 sushi night, so that might have contributed to the crowd. It had a good atmosphere, good music, and great food. Our favorite roll we tried was a roll that had thinly sliced lime on top- it was delicious and a perfect way to end the trip.
Before heading back to Phoenix, we decided to stop in Huntington and have dinner with Daniel and thank him again for all he did. We met him at 25 Degrees for some burgers and a beer (they had one of our favorites, Great White, on tap). The burgers were HUGE and delicious. We didn't know it, but Daniel had a surprise for us...he had blown up one of the pictures he took at our wedding and had it framed. It is beautiful and we found the perfect spot for it above our stairs.
Ending our vacation was bittersweet. We were ready to be in our own home and we missed the dogs, but we didn't want to leave California. One thing is for sure, we will never forget our Honeymoon!
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