Newport Beach, A Whale Watching Tour, Too Pretty Beach Houses {Road Trip 2015 Purpose 1}

Last calendar week I mentioned that nosotros had only returned from our household unit of measurement route trip.  As I posted on Instagram, nosotros were gone for 10 days, traveled 3200 miles, in addition to stayed inward 4 unlike hotels.  We're apace running out of summers before our kids are gone from home, in addition to convey then many places that we'd similar to move to equally a family. This trip knocked out several!  Although it was all a blast, past times the fourth dimension nosotros arrived dorsum inward Oklahoma City, abode never looked then good.  

I convey several portions of our trip that I would similar to portion alongside you, outset alongside a fun twenty-four hours one-half agency through our trip that nosotros spent at Newport Beach.  

We began our trip alongside a few days at Disneyland (tips coming soon), but other than making those arrangements before hand, nosotros planned to totally fly the residue of our trip, finding hotels along the agency equally nosotros went wherever nosotros ended up.  That ended upwards working perfectly for us.  So, equally you lot all made a few suggestions piece nosotros were gone, nosotros were able to alteration our schedule if nosotros wanted to.  Upon seeing that nosotros were heading southward in 1 lawsuit leaving Anaheim, 1 sweetness reader sent me a link to a Groupon for a whale watching tour out of Newport Beach, in addition to nosotros idea that sounded similar a perfect activeness for a day.

Newport Beach was a quick trip from Disneyland in addition to nosotros arrived mid-day.  After locating the store where our tour would laid about (Davey's Locker, they were great!), nosotros had a few hours to kill in addition to ventured over to the beach for a picnic lunch.  The pier is gorgeous, consummate alongside a Ruby's diner for hungry guests (recommended past times to a greater extent than or less other reader). 

However, nosotros dark-brown bagged our luncheon that twenty-four hours inward gild to relieve a few dollars (or a lot of dollars... xxx meals on the route adds up!).  Perched on an empty lifeguard platform alongside a priceless view, the finest of restaurants couldn't convey been better.

This was the kids' firstly fourth dimension to the Pacific, in addition to although they dipped their toes in, I begged them non to larn soaked before our whale tour.  That was adjacent to impossible!

After checking inward for our tour, nosotros had a niggling to a greater extent than fourth dimension to roam the boardwalk.  Newport Beach is a darling niggling town alongside fun shops in addition to a small-scale carnival-type atmosphere along the harbor.  

After boarding our boat, I couldn't resist photographing all of the gorgeous beach houses equally nosotros headed out to sea.  (I powerfulness convey fifty-fifty enjoyed house-watching to a greater extent than than whale-watching-ha!)  

Some favored stately Southern or Mediterranean manors, 

(there's many to a greater extent than photos, delight click through to complete the post)



others contemporary modern estates, 

and many appeared to live transported correct out of the Hamptons.  

(how cute is that flower-lined dock?) 

The diverseness of all of the designs was sure impressive.

For to a greater extent than or less reason, I at nowadays idea of Leave it to Beaver when I saw this one.  I beloved it!

Yes, please!  Can you lot imagine the fabulous parties that could live hosted here? The navy, white, in addition to xanthous along alongside the details similar the cut back on curtains made my pump larn pitter pat!

One affair I noticed in addition to absolutely loved, also, was that well-nigh every dock was proudly flight the red, white, in addition to blue.

The tour groups before inward the twenty-four hours saw to a greater extent than or less amazing animals on their outing, but nosotros missed out on the whales.  We did larn to come across Pacific White Sided Dolphins in addition to Sea Lions, which was a process for these Okies, along alongside the sense itself of beingness out on the opened upwards water.  

After the tour concluded, nosotros returned to the beach to allow the kids truly larn inward the H2O for a bit.  Although colder than the Gulf H2O we're to a greater extent than accustomed to, the H2O was absolutely gorgeous in addition to they didn't seem to heed the temperature at all.

We ended the twenty-four hours past times traveling southward along the Pacific Coast Highway, 1 affair that I wanted to produce on the trip for sure.  All of the niggling beach towns were then charming, in addition to of course of written report the views were stunning.  

We exclusively scratched the surface of things to produce inward the area, but Newport Beach is definitely a fun, household unit of measurement friendly goal worth a see if you're e'er inward the area!

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