This fine morning we had some time to burn before our show started for the day. Therefore, Dave drove us down to
Newport Beach, CA, and we visited the
Newport Pier and drank in the Southern California climate and culture. The following images are what I witnessed. Two wonderful things I observed but was unable to capture on film to my
satisfaction was a rather vociferous and boisterous
sea lion hanging out
around the pier trying to steal fish from fishermen and the three separate pods of
dolphins visible from the
pier. After this experience my attitude about living in
Orange County softened quite a bit from its decidedly negative feeling. Parts of SoCal are still quite wonderful to visit and even reside despite all the changes in recent decades.
Be sure to check out what I did this evening
HERE.
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| How quintessentially Southern California beach town-ish! |
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| The approach to the Newport Pier. |
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| Lots of little waves but not a lot of big ones. |
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| Newport Pier Grill & Sushi at pier's end. |
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| Great white shark buffet table. |
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| My heart pumped peanut butter seeing all the Mexican fan palms... and sand! |
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| Down the coast to south beyond the distant hills is Laguna Beach. |
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| The mountain range in the distance to the left is the Santa Ana Mountains. |
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| Newport Pier looking back towards land.. |
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| Newport Pier |
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| Idyllic SoCal beach scene. |
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| Laguna Hills beckon from down the coast. |
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| Cool city seal! |
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| A green ball of Newport Beach history. |
All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).
one of my favorite hang outs for years from High school on... Actually use to be great fishing for a pier...
ReplyDeleteFrom the looks of all the fishing going on there the day I visited it must still be a great fishing pier.
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