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The folks at Red Bull were kind enough to hand out free samples of their various products during the Flugtag. I think that was the highlight of Donna's day. Oddly enough, they don't make anything caffeine free, for me to enjoy.
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As great as the weekend was, it felt great to get back to Ventura County. Once we were half way through Malibu, I really started to feel at home again.
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We spent the day Sunday checking out a number of coastal spots between Long Beach and Ventura County.
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I'm ashamed to admit that my wife prefers McDonald's coffee to Starbucks. To each his own, right?
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As much as I love SoCal, I miss big trees. I could have spent all afternoon in the comfort of this one's shade.
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I was looking forward to ringing the friendship bell - turns out, you can't. What a surprise.
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When I returned from getting some ice, I was surprised to find Donna still standing - watching the final moments of daylight from the 13th floor.
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We can ride for five hours, no problem, but put us on our feet for a day, walking around and soaking up sunshine, and we turn into little kids who want their stroller. We were wiped out by time the day was over and this was the last obstacle between us an
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Saturday was food day, including nachos, ice cream, dinner at PF Chang's and of course, a little something extra to help us walk the .55 miles back to the motel.
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After the Red Bull Flugtag came to an end and the crowd dispersed, we soaked up some sun, kicked back and relaxed for a while.
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Donna found particular amusement in watching the sea otters at the aquarium. We managed to catch them at a rather playful time.
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The "Thin Mint" ice-cream at Long Beach seemed to look and taste a lot like mint chocolate chip.
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Instead of learning about these creatures, I've chosen to just live in amazement of them. Where's their mouth? Their eyes? How do they eat? At the very least they're cool to look at.
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Natural sunlight made this individual aquarium on the coolest at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
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The 'coolest creature' award goes to Pelicans when it comes to coastal birds/animals, but in the water itself, the award goes to these guys.
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We've been to the Aquarium of the Pacific a number of times but this was the first time we caught the sea lion show. They have one that can walk on water - it's pretty impressive!
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After the Flugtag we went to the aquarium - this guy seemed absolutely fascinated with a small girl who had her hand on the glass. I have never seen a mammal with such a reaction to an aquarium visitor. Super cool to see!
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Regardless of some minor, irritating circumstances, a 75-degree-day-with-an-ocean-breeze day on the Long Beach waterfront is a darn good day.
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Red Bull compensated for the lack of ingenuity of their Flugtag entrants with some high-flying performers of their own.
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While we were surprised to see such a turnout for the Red Bull Flugtag, the city seemed well prepared in at least one way.
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Most Flugtag entrants spent more time on their costumes and dance routines than they did on the construction of their 'flying' contraptions.
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I was really thrilled with the wonderful organization of the Long Beach Police Dept... sense the sarcasm
