Day 10: Quiet day

Today began in Ventura, on the coast on the north end of the LA metroplex, made famous for my generation by a bad pop song.

I started the day by going to "the beach" (aka "the rocks") for a quick dip in the Pacific.  It was not warm.  I spare you pictures of the beached white whale, but give you this one, which gives you an idea of the shoreline at Ventura.  There were a lot of people surfing here (known as Surfer's Point).  In wet suits.

In case you need me to tell you this, the water was NOT warm.  60? Frigid.  There were shrinkage squared jokes on the ride south.

Today's agenda was an Anaheim Angels game.   It's a nice park, amazingly celebrating it's 50th year.  Here's a shot of the outfield, with its faux waterfall.  Mike Trout made a catch right there at the wall, robbing an Indian of a home run.

We had BBQ at the ballpark -- as you can see it was a pleasant, almost chilly day -- and that was one piece of food porn no one shot.  Dinner was two blocks from the hotel, and it was "the best Mexican food in Anaheim."  For once, yelp both had the distance and the rating right. :)  It was quite good.  Michael had tamales for the first time.

Given the slowness of the day, it gives me a moment to share our expertise on toilets.  As thoughtful readers will understand, some people ("") on the trip have deeply held concerns about toilets.  So, there's been both a criteria set and a listing of "the worse" on the trip.   First, water is important.  I could list all the places we've "gone" that has none, including the dunes in Death Valley (shocking, right?)   Even the port-a-potty at the horse stable ranked higher than several other places in Yosemite, in Muir Woods, and, later in Death Valley.  It was pointed out the one at "Jawbone," where we almost died in Death Valley, was better than expected.

BTW, we ran the tank down pretty far in Santa Barbara wine country Saturday -- gas stations aren't exactly on every corner here.  And prices have fluctuated -- at Pebble Beach they wanted $5.29!  The Arco on the corner from where we are in Anaheim it's $2.59.  We have been intrigued.

Today is Disney day.  There may be no pictures, as Grumpy isn't looking forward to it.  Barb is going to ride every ride, see every show...sigh.