To try and escape the heat this past weekend, the husband & I hit the beach cities on Saturday. Starting in Long Beach and then heading down PCH to Huntington Beach, where the beaches were packed and ending up in Laguna Beach, walking around the downtown area there, checking out the galleries & shops. We then turned a bit inland, for an early dinner in San Juan Capistrano at El Adobe restaurant. An old haunt of mine from my 7 years of horse show days. El Adobe is around the corner from the mission there in San Juan Capistrano and the structure originates from 1787. El Adobe was a favorite of Richard & Pat Nixon, who coincidentally kept an apartment here at the Gaylord in 1962, when he ran for governor of California.
The lemonade stand pictured, is on the horse grounds at 'The Oaks' in San Juan Capistrano where I have many fond memories. 'The Oaks' originally belonged to one of California's major families, owned by Joan Irvine and sold just a few years back. The grounds still holds horse events, such as amateur & professional hunters, jumpers & equitation and dressage competitions. You should check it out sometime, beautiful setting.
After we left 'The Oaks', we headed home to the Gaylord which took only and exactly one hour on this evening. Just in time to catch 'The Bloodhounds' last set at the Pajama Pool Party. Loved that banjo & washboard instrumentation!
