At Laguna Surf now. My unit is definitely an older one

[Greg G]

Went on Captain Dave's Whale and Dolphin tour this morning. Saw lots of dolphins but no whales.

Greg

 

[taffy19]

Luck is not with you, Greg. I hope that you still enjoyed the ocean tour.

There was another thread about Laguna Beach where you posted a message but you will no longer be there to see the releasing of their patients but you can visit their center most any day. That may be interesting too to you since you live far away from the ocean.

https://www.pacificmmc.org/hours-and-directions/

 

[Greg G]

The tour was still fun, as the dolphins were very close to the boat. Thanks for the link to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.

Greg

 

[Greg G]

Be sure to stop by for a gelato at Dolce, I go every visit, and that is often because we live 30 min away.

I enjoy getting a gyro at Adonis and walk up to the bluff park for some artist and tourist watching.


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Wow, had Black Forest (berry) and Mango Sorbet. That was very tasty.

Greg

 

[Greg G]

So getting up early to go see the tide pools at Woods Cove, I encountered more creatures than expected. There was a young woman in a bikini with her photographer doing a photo shoot in one of the larger tide pools. Didn't see that in the literature on tide pools
Woods cove has pretty neat tide pools. Brimming with fish and crabs, anemones.

Greg

 

[Greg G]

Beach is packed with people today, both for normal beach suff and getting a spot for the fireworks tonight.

 

[SmithOp]

Wow, had Black Forest (berry) and Mango Sorbet. That was very tasty.

Greg

Her flavors are so authentic, I don’t know how she does it, nothing artificial tasting. I’m a chocaholic so I go for the Ferro Rocher paired with Pistachio.

There is a young lady that does her signs free hand, amazing artist.


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[Greg G]

Fireworks were pretty good although I think they expected more of a breeze to blow the smoke away. The smoke started to obscure the fireworks that were shot higher up in the sky than the lower ones. Neat to see the town to the north and to the south of Laguna shoot off their fireworks at about the same time, so that you could see fireworks up and down the coast.

Not sure if this link works but here is smartphone video of some of the fireworks from the top of Laguna Surf resort. The fireworks were about 0.8 miles away from where we were.
(click on the video once to get full screen then click on the setting gear wheel, and select the 720 resolution for playback otherwise it defaults to 360 )

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ChgMwADsuCqzqipY8


Greg

 

[Greg G]

So after staying a week at the resort, I like it. It's centrally located to the downtown area, main beach, and shops and restaurants, and I was able to walk to two of the tide pools, Shaws cove and Woods cove, from the resort in approx 25 minutes. You can walk down a flight of steps to the beach behind the resort and it was not crowded at all there (short of the day of the 4th where it was a little more crowded than normal). Granted it would have been nicer to have an ocean view unit, but all in all it's a good resort to stay at, Nice tile walk ways at the resort. Manager and staff were very helpful and their front desk was available the entire week from 8-5 ( 8-10 on Friday checkin/out day). Housekeeping came in during mid week to make up the bed, refresh the towels which was nice. Ralphs grocery store is like a block or so away. For checkout you don't need to strip the bed, or put used bathroom towels in a pile, or start the dishwasher, as housekeeping will do that (which is better than the normal timeshare routine of you doing that). If you have to check out early, it's no big deal, as you get to keep your key cards (no need to drop them off)
Top floor area was nice for viewing fireworks. Thougt it would be more crowded up there that night but it was fine. I scoped out my lounge chair about 1 1/2 hours early at the top floor spa area, but probably could have come up later than that and still been ok finding a space.



Greg

 

[Harry]

Yes, Laguna Surf is one of a kind. We actually toured years ago when first developed and we owned at Laguna Shores. I have tried yo trade there for years unsuccessfully. Nice posts.

Harry

 

[SmithOp]

Stopped in yesterday for a gelato, took this pick of the special flavors board to show what the artist can do with a little chalk. I had the Ziggy, yum.

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[Greg G]

Wow, that's some artwork.

Greg

 

[Greg G]

Pics of a few surfers the 2nd to last day I was there. Taken from the sunset observation deck at Laguna Surf (pretty much full zoom on my camera)

A few more tide pool pics

During Dolpin tour

 

[Greg G]

 

[Greg G]