Yesterday was a great day. We made plans to go to Long Beach for the afternoon and possibly see the fireworks over the harbor. Rather than driving all the way in we drove most of it and then took the train. After seeing all the people down there we realized how smart that was.

We ended up just walking everywhere.

It did end up getting pretty warm at one point.

The ocean was beautiful though.

There definitely some characters down there. I couldn’t resist asking if I could get a photo of this guy. I’ve never seen an iguana with such bright colors before.

We ended up thoroughly exhausted before the sun went down and ended up driving home and watching the shows from the freeway.  We stopped at some little hole-in-the-wall taco stand which was SO yummy and happened to catch these fireworks being set off. Kind of funny since there are signs everywhere saying fireworks are illegal and these were being set off on a major street. This last shot was actually taken by @jefferysaddoris since I don’t do hand-held shots in the dark very well. He got a new camera and was enjoying trying it out all day.

Summer is the time when one sheds one’s tensions with one’s clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all’s right with the world.

~ Ada Louis Huxtable

I ended up at the beach yesterday and altho it was a bit overcast it was still nice to get out. I am not very much of a beach person, but I do love the smell and walking on the sand. Maybe I’m just not a southern California beach person. There was a lot of “attitude” going on. I need to get to the East coast and check out the beaches there.