Since my parents moved to Southern California late last year we’ve really enjoyed being able to see them quite regularly. It’s like they’ve become our favorite weekend friends. They love to explore and I love that they invite us to go along so often because we’ve explored local communities more than ever.

In July we went to visit Ventura, a beach community North of LA County (where my Dad works on Fridays, actually). We had lunch at the Ventura Harbor and wandered around to explore the shops and the coast. It is lovely…

Here we are posing under the sea:

And my parents as pirates:

And then, the beautiful shore…

What fun!

On separate occasions, we’ve also explored Santa Barbara, Long Beach and Seal Beach, but I did not take any pictures. I must get better about that.
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