10/30/15 - Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with 4 ladies from New York.  One of the ladies is a friend of my sister Rachel's.  I met them at Balboa park and then we drove to a cafe for lunch.  After lunch they wanted to go to Cabrillo National Monument so we parked the car at a Staples parking lot and I went with them since I have a card that will get us into national parks for free.  We also drove down to the tide pools and the waves where pretty high because of a storm brewing in the pacific.

After that, we went back to the car and headed for the beach since they wanted to put their feet in the pacific and also we saw a beautiful sunset.  I had some extra chairs so we could sit on the beach.  I found it a little chilly but of course they were quite comfortable.  They are busy today and leave really early tomorrow morning so it was a great time.