{"id":5732,"date":"2012-03-29T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2012-03-29T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T15:32:13","slug":"california-orange-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/california-orange-county\/","title":{"rendered":"California &#8211; Orange County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh how I wish I was back here in the OC.\u00a0 For the 2nd part of our trip to California we stayed with my friend from college, Katie, at her place in Seal Beach.\u00a0 She lives 1.5 blocks from the beach.\u00a0 This beach girl is just a bit jealous over here!\u00a0 If you missed part 1 of our CA trip <a title=\"California \u2013 LA County\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/california-la-county\/\">click here to see photos from LA County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-67-2 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-67-2-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-68 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-68-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-69 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-69-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-70 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-70-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-71 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-71-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-72 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-72-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-73 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-73-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Enjoying the surf capitol of Huntington Beach here.\u00a0 The ocean was really cold and I&#8217;m not sure how people were actually swimming in it without a wetsuit but they were!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-76 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-76-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-77 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-77-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-79 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-79-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-80 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-80-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-81 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-81-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-83 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-83-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Seal Beach is a perfect little town to live in and with sunsets like this I could stay there forever. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-88 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-88-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-89 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-89-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-90 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-90-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Laguna Beach is not too bad either.\u00a0 Actually anywhere in Orange County is fine with me- haha!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-92 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-92-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-93 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-93-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-94 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-94-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-95 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-95-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We drove up to Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach on our last day in Cali and enjoyed lunch with these views:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-96 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-96-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-97 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-97-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-99 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-99-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-100 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-100-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-102 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-102-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-103 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-103-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-104 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-104-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"California 2012-105 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/California-2012-105-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I feel revived since coming back from CA- it was a much needed break and time away to just unwind, relax and most of all for me unplug from the internet.\u00a0 Hoping we can make it back sometime soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh how I wish I was back here in the OC.\u00a0 For the 2nd part of our trip to California we stayed with my friend from college, Katie, at her place in Seal Beach.\u00a0 She lives 1.5 blocks from the beach.\u00a0 This beach girl is just a bit jealous over here!\u00a0 If you missed part 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