Huntington Beach California
#10. I will vacation in
at least two beach resorts in the States of Oregon, and California.
This post is an update to: Making A Bucket List (posted Monday,
February 11, 2013 http://www.being50.com/2013/02/making-bucket-list.html).
Warning: if a person loves the sun, sand and ocean, and is weak
of mind, stay away from the California beaches.
Not so much because of the beautiful people that hangout there, but for
what Mother Nature has to offer. The
feeling that you get from being out on the open air, walking on the sand
feeling the Pacific Ocean at your feet is therapeutic at the very least! Your mind begins to think on its own, and the
first thought is how nice would it be to do this very same thing I am doing, at
will.
The reality is that what I have in my home state in my
neighborhood, would probably cost at least 10 times as much in Huntington Beach
or any other neighborhood of similar standard.
To live anywhere else within driving distance would soon become boring
if not a complete nightmare. The amount
of fatal or near fatal accidents I saw on the way to the beach alone (without consideration
the total number I saw within the week), would be enough to convince you to stay indoors
and lock the doors. During the short
time we were there, there were in the neighborhood of 8 or more earthquakes registered
with a magnitude of 3.2 or less, within 30 miles of where we were staying.
The bottom lines is that the resorts and beaches are beautiful,
but I still wouldn’t give up my Pacific Northwest life for them. Many years ago in a different lifetime, I
lived in Santa Cruz, and often thought I would someday retire to live in Santa
Cruz. That is until a strong earthquake
caused severe damage to the city. Young people
in today’s economic conditions can’t afford to rebuild, a person of senior age
would be in an equally financial and emotional shape to respond.
Enough said about the negative.
The period of time spent in the area between Sunset Beach and Newport beach
was like spending time in God’s little acre.
I swear I felt younger by at least 10 years, I had fun driving around in
a 2012 Camaro SS, listening to the music (perhaps a little louder than usual). Eating seafood where it should be eaten,
within stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean (at exorbitant prices I might add,
an order of crab was $49.95). I actually
got to witness (not for the first time) the type of scenery that inspired the
Beach Boys’ songs. We actually saw
people getting ready to play volleyball at Huntington Beach, surfing, roller
blading, biking, swimming, strolling hand in hand, and just plain soaking in
the sun rays.
I did promise myself that no other vacation to Southern
California would be complete without a similar visit to the beach. In love with the area, but still in control.
See other posting related to this trip: Guilty Pleasure (http://www.being50.com/2013/09/guilty-pleasure.html
, Guilty Pleasure 2 (http://www.being50.com/2013/09/guilty-pleasures-2.html
, Our Place in Life http://www.being50.com/2013/09/our-place-in-life.html
). The best is yet to come…
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