This always happens when I travel...I get behind with my blog posts because there is always so much to write about! ( always worth the effort to blog about our adventures as the posts are great to look back back on in future years!)
Walking to the pier from the car park...
To the right of us out of view are some beach volleyball courses. US beaches seem so much wider than the beaches on the east coast of Australia...
There was a Surfing Championship going on, so there were big crowds of people watching that...this is on the south side of the pier. Adrienne, our cousin, said the waves on the north side of the pier are always flatter, so no good for a surfing comp!
There was a very large crowd of people watching the US Open of Surfing from the beach and there was nearly as many watching from the pier...(like us for a while!)
Adrienne went on ahead and put our names on the waiting list for Ruby's Diner at the end of the pier.
(Photograph by A. Parks)
There was even a young staff member walking around making balloon animals for all the children who were there...
(Photo by A. Parks)
So a nice meal with a lovely view...pretty good I reckon.
When we left the diner we got talking to the group of young staff outside; these staff organise the wait list. Realising we were Australian, one young man said he had a question that he has always wanted to ask...'In Australia, do you have pet kangaroos in your backyards?'.
We are actually in San Francisco now, but I still have posts and photos to share of our time in Huntington Beach. And we fly to Vancouver tomorrow morning so I will still be behind in posting!! Still, I'm sure that when we start the Inside Passage Cruise to Alaska/Canada on August 15, most of that week will possibly be out of range for my trusty US mobile hotspot.
So this post is about our stroll around Huntington Beach...on the pier...and lunch at the iconic diner at the end of the pier.
Adrienne and I standing on the pier with lots of beach goers sun baking or swimming. Out to sea are oil rigs. Huntington Beach is an oil producing area.
The next photo shows the other side of the pier...
There was a Surfing Championship going on, so there were big crowds of people watching that...this is on the south side of the pier. Adrienne, our cousin, said the waves on the north side of the pier are always flatter, so no good for a surfing comp!
Lots of marquees etc on the southern side!
We saw the end of that day's comp...just 2 surfers...
Adrienne went on ahead and put our names on the waiting list for Ruby's Diner at the end of the pier.
We waited patiently on a very convenient bench seat outside Ruby's...
DH preferred to stand and look for more things to photograph...
And it wasn't long before a 'table for 3' became available and in we went.
Wow! We'd stepped back in time to the 1950s and all those movies and TV shows like 'Happy Days'!
The staff were dressed just like those at Arnold's in Happy Days :-)
Our meals arrived and they were delicious...
Lunch with a view like that is lovely!
ReplyDeletePet kangaroos??? really??
looks like a fun time you had, very energetic that people play volley ball on the beach, it is a long time since I went to the beach but when I do I sit!
ReplyDeleteChuckled about the pet kangeroos
Hello Maria,
ReplyDeleteWell some people have a few kangaroos- farmers!
I was expecting to see Fonzie in one of the photo's.
Happy days.
Bev.
I'm just feeding mine out the back lol! Fantastic photos..keep having fun xx
ReplyDeleteGreat place to have lunch. Looking forward to your post about San Francisco, hope your flight to Vancouver was good.
ReplyDeleteHa Ha .. pet kangaroos !!! Actually, my late husband did have a kangaroo as a pet when he was a little kid. Can't recall how they came to have it (at Miranda in Sydney) but apparently it got too big and had to be rehomed at an animal sanctuary/zoo closeby. I love that restaurant on the end of the pier and yes, what a fantastic view. Lovely looking beach too - just like ours with the beautiful white sand and clear looking water. xox
ReplyDeleteNot sure if this will work but if it does, you might want to share it with some of your US mates.
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Wonderful place to eat. And love the photos.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to be able to travel the world with other blogger. A virtual holiday!
Blog whenever you can. I cannot wait to see the pics of Alaska. It's on my bucket list!
Have fun xx