Smelling Salt

For the first time since we have arrived in California, Whitney and I laid our eyes on the ocean. We took the 110 down to Santa Monica and walked around for a couple of hours. We did the whole 3rd Street promenade thing, and then walked on down to the pier. From shopping, to a farmers market, to street performers, to Starbucks on every corner, we took in the whole experience. After doing the Santa Monica thing we hopped in our car and hopped on the Pacific Coast Highway. The famous drive did not disappoint. The ocean and the environment was breathtaking. We stopped at a little sushi and Thai place and at some great food. We then took an alternate route on the way home. We drove up the Santa Monica Mountains and through Topanga. Whitney enjoyed the view, while I enjoyed driving like Danica around the curves of the mountains. As soon as we made it over the mountain the temperature went from 72 to 87 in about 40 seconds. It was unbelievable. This evening we are anticipating hanging out with our community (the people who live in the apartment building) and tomorrow we anticipate going to Lake Ave for church. I'll throw some pictures up from the day so you can see how beautiful it is...



PS We saw V for Vendetta last night. That was a great movie. I can't wait to watch it again to try to wrap my mind around the thickness and layers to all of the themes of the film.