Day Out – Huntington Beach
Woman in the Middle | June 22, 2015It was very hot last week. So for Father’s Day we headed for the coast, which is Hubby’s very favorite place to go. It was a cool and pleasant 75 degrees in Huntington Beach. We arrived just about noon and had no trouble finding a parking place in the public garage which can be accessed from Olive or Walnut, right off of Main. The cost is $1.00 for every 20 minutes. We were there for 3 hours so it cost us $10 to park, which, for the convenience, we thought was reasonable. There is on street parking, but we didn’t want to waste our time trying to find one of those.
We walked down Main Street, which leads to the pier. After two devastating storms in the 1980s, the pier was rebuilt in 1992. It is the longest concrete municipal pier in the United States. You can always find a pelican or two on the pier, just waiting to get their photo taken, but they don’t like it if you get too close. Watching the surfers from the pier is great fun and there were lots of them out in the water yesterday.
There are lots of places to eat on Main Street, but, for some reason, we always seem to end up at BJ’s. Today was no exception. We shared a pizza and Hubby had a beer in honor of Father’s Day and the fact that I already told him I would drive home.
After lunch we went to the International Surfing Museum. It is a small place that asks for just $2.00 a person as the entrance fee. It was fun to spend a half hour in there, looking at the exhibits, watching a video, and buying some postcards. It is located at 411 Olive Avenue, less than a block from Main Street. They are getting ready to build a new museum nearby. An artist’s rendering is near the entrance so you can see what it will look like. We were told ground should be breaking for it in three years.
After stopping to get a nice cold coffee drink, we sat on a bench for a few minutes and watched the cars go by. Then it was off for home again where it was only 90 degrees at 4 in the afternoon, thank goodness.
Sounds like a nice day out, I like museums and would like to go through a the surfing museum
What a pleasant day. I love the idea that while you were watching the surfers the pelican was watching you!
Didn’t you go wading in the ocean?
Nope. Too much trouble! Sand….