I recently travelled to Laguna Beach, CA for a marketing seminar - the place we stayed at was gorgeous!  I loved that I could hear the ocean at night - hey, it sounded just like the app on my phone!
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| The beach - right outside my room! | 
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| Laguna Motor Werks - old gas pump | 
We had an extra afternoon to visit the nearby mission at San Juan Capistrano. No swallows were there yet, but we did see 2 hummingbirds.  They were flitting about, but stopped often to rest in a tree.  It was my first time ever seeing a hummingbird sitting still. They are so very, very tiny!
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| Calla lily at the mission | 
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| The original structure |