Reasons we decided to stay in Long Beach:
1. We wanted to spend lots of time at the ocean.
2. It was close to the freeway that took us over to Colton's mission.
3. The beach there is really pretty and the town had a lot to offer.
4. It had an available condo! We were a little late getting a reservation.
On Tuesday we decided to explore the Long Beach area. We drove across the bay and saw the Queen Mary. Then we went to Shoreline Drive. We loved the aquarium! We petted the manta rays and they were just like little puppies coming up to greet us. We walked around the lighthouse. We ate at Bubba Gump's and had a delicious lunch. There was a race car track all set up through the Shoreline Drive area. They were getting ready for a grand prix, and we were lucky enough to catch the cars doing some testing of the track. The boys loved that! They were pretty loud!
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| Here's one of the "puppies." |
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| Thumbs up for sharks! |
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| Kori loves fish. Can you tell? |
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| Aaaaaghhhh! |
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| We got in on a little sea otter show. They were really fun to watch! |
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| There's the Queen Mary in the background. |
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| "Mama always said....." It was a good thing we had just barely watched Forrest Gump since our waiter gave us a trivia quiz! We did very well I must say. |
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| Colton was on his Ipod pretty much anytime we were waiting for something. |
Kori wasn't feeling well after our trip to Long Beach, so she and Wes stayed at the condo while Clint, Colton and I headed up to the mission area. Chinatown is in Colton's mission, so we explored it a little bit. Colton ordered this weird smoothie. It was strawberry and looked normal except it had these little black balls of some kind of gelatin. I was creeped out by the black stuff going up the straw! He made us taste it. It wasn't too bad, just something I've never seen before. Now I know what Boba is. After Chinatown, we visited Maria Figueroa in Pomona and she made us some yummy authentic enchiladas with rice and beans! She was adorable and it was fun to see her. We also stopped to see the Valle family. Colton baptized this family. They don't speak any English. It was cool for me and Clint to just sit and listen. We picked out a few words, and we knew what they were talking about some of the time, but most of it we had no idea!
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| Clint imitating a lion in Chinatown. |
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| It really felt like we were in a whole new country. |
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| This is a photo we already had from the Valle's baptism. They are one attractive family, seriously! |
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| Colton with cute Maria! |
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