On Friday we woke up and sadly checked out of our great room. Today was a beach day though so we headed up Route 1 into Malibu and Zuma Beach.
We got to the beach decently early, but it soon filled up (Labor Day Weekend). Pretty beach though, lots of surfers and nice houses along the horizon. Water was too cold for me, but L took a dip.
We stayed until early afternoon and then began the trek to San Deigo. We hit a little LA traffic, and then were planning to stop in Laguna Beach for lunch. We got off the highway in Laguna, however the only main road into it was closed off by Animal Control. Not sure what was going on but my guess was a some kind of wild animal on the loose in the canyons. So we turned around and got back on the highway.
There was a toll to pay to get back on the highway from Laguna. There were about 6 cars in front of us, however we sat still for about 15 minutes without a clue why. When we finally got to the toll we realized why. The toll booth consistent of a coin machine (to break $5s and $1s into quarters) and a change-only, exact change machine to pay. WTF!! What dumb blond came up with that idea! Fortunately, we were early in the line, but by the time we went through (fortunately with enough bills to pay), there were about 50 cars waiting!
By this time I was STARVING, however we were in the middle of no where, so we had to wait another hour or so to grab lunch in a little beachy town called Oceanside. After that, the Labor Day traffic began (and for some reason I’m always the one driving when we hit traffic). It took us a bit, but we made it to San Diego and checked in to (another) W Hotel.
Our room this time wasn’t quite so pimp, but still really nice. We recuperated for a bit, and then walked to Little Italy to grab some take out and a bottle of wine. While we waited for our food, we had an appetizer at a wine and app’s bar next door.
That night was pretty low key, after dinner we just watched some TV and I did my “homework” (updating this site).
Pics from Day 8 are here.
