Another great day at the beach! A great way to start a new year!

January 1 (Monday) 

Another beautiful day at the beach. A great way to start a new year! 

Great day for a walk on the beach.

Very calm ocean this morning

The outgoing tide caused these rivlets in the sand

Old shells make up the rock

Millions of shells of all shapes and sizes.

Someone went to the trouble of wishing everyone a happy new year!

Fishing boats heading out on a calm morning. We even saw a dolphin swimming just a few feet off shore.

At 1 PM we loaded into the bus and went into town to an area they called Rodeo Drive, as in the fancy shopping area of Beverly Hills. In this version of Rodeo (row-day-oh) Drive the shops are not very high end. In fact some are shacks with dirt floors where merchants flog their wares. Quite a street full of interesting shops and characters.

Beautiful stained glass. We bought a small piece.

Notice the gravel floor. No high price mall  spaces here!

If they don't have it.....it doesn't exist. Very nice stuff.

Thousands of pieces.

Metal art is very popular.

Apparently the lady on the right has been waiting a looooong time for her husband  to finish shopping!

We headed back to the Hotel and spent the rest of the day walking on the beach and relaxing. We went for supper to the hotel restaurant. We decided we should have some seafood but we wish we had made a better choice. The fish was overcooked and covered in some sort of sauce. Not good. Cheryl had garlic shrimp and it was not too bad, just that it was swimming in oily buttery stuff.

Sunset was a bust tonight though........and that was Our View From Here!