Long Beach in Winter Time

In January, while the weather was cold and snowy here, we took a trip to see Milana and Simon at their place in Long Beach.

I totally expected to be warm and comfortable, basking in the sunshine of southern California .... but no, it was mild and foggy early in the morning, and even though the fog burned off in the afternoon, it was still a temperate visit.

We took a flyer and stayed at an AirBNB in Long Beach not far from Jim's place. Interesting experience. The place we stayed is an older home nestled in a park-like setting. We had one room and the run of the lower floor; I'm sure the owner was upstairs most of the time we were there, but she wasn't around to talk to us.

One of the days, we went to the Farmer's Market along the wharf and, walking through the booths, we came upon the face-painting lady. Of course, Milana and Simon couldn't wait to get painted. We knew that our landlord for the weekend was painting faces, but really didn't expect to meet her for the first time at the Market. Serendipity.

Of course, it's a tradition to take the G-children out to breakfast, not so much for the steak and eggs, but for Hot Chocolate!

Eggs, pancakes, hash browns, toast, hot chocolate, ......... and about an hour later we got to waddle on home to continue our day.

We took a day to trip to a fish farm and caught some fresh trout for dinner. I think it was Milana and Simon's first time fishing, and I think they enjoyed it!

Fishing with corn and worms, a cane pole barely long enough to reach the water, in a shower / rainstorm, we had a ball!

Big fish of the day goes to Milana - enough to feed the whole family a trout dinner.

















All-in-all, a funky, fun, energizing, great break from the snowy winter time in Long Beach!

Cheers!