We are going to spend the month of July in OB this year. We frequent this beach and love the laid back lifestyle there. The best description that I have seen is a "stuck in the 60's surfing community". Every Wednesday there is a farmers market that takes up the main street in OB where you can purchase fresh produce in addition to other needed items. It is right next to Sea World San Diego and only a few minutes from the downtown area. You can be at the world famous San Diego Zoo if a few minutes as well as many other San Diego attractions. So, after our return from Maui we will be packing up and moving there for the month, escaping the heat of the desert in July!
There is the very long pier in OB. A small restaurant is located there and it is also where many of the locals like to fish.
Seth loves to boogie board and may begin surfing this summer since we will be there for an extended period of time. I have been wanting to take some lessons myself, but haven't been able to convince anyone to try it with me yet. The waves in California are very large especially in comparison to the Atlantic Ocean and both Seth and Madi love the beaches there.
In the San Diego area there are also some world renowned wreck diving locations that we hope to check out. We will probably go with a master diver since we haven't had any instruction in that type of diving.
In Ocean Beach they don't have any chain restaurants like many communities. Our favorite restaurant, the Bolweevle (?spelling), is an out of the way place that not many tourists frequent. They are very friendly, have a pool table and a few video games in addition to televisions playing constant sporting events (I wonder who likes that?). Seth and Madi love their food and it's a nice relaxing environment that you can enter with flip flops, a bathing suit and covered in sand. Todd's Mom, Sister and her fiance Chris will be joining us for a visit during the beginning of July and we are looking forward to seeing them and having some Southern California fun.
We are going to spend the month of July in OB this year. We frequent this beach and love the laid back lifestyle there. The best description that I have seen is a "stuck in the 60's surfing community". Every Wednesday there is a farmers market that takes up the main street in OB where you can purchase fresh produce in addition to other needed items. It is right next to Sea World San Diego and only a few minutes from the downtown area. You can be at the world famous San Diego Zoo if a few minutes as well as many other San Diego attractions. So, after our return from Maui we will be packing up and moving there for the month, escaping the heat of the desert in July!
There is the very long pier in OB. A small restaurant is located there and it is also where many of the locals like to fish.
Seth loves to boogie board and may begin surfing this summer since we will be there for an extended period of time. I have been wanting to take some lessons myself, but haven't been able to convince anyone to try it with me yet. The waves in California are very large especially in comparison to the Atlantic Ocean and both Seth and Madi love the beaches there.
In the San Diego area there are also some world renowned wreck diving locations that we hope to check out. We will probably go with a master diver since we haven't had any instruction in that type of diving.
In Ocean Beach they don't have any chain restaurants like many communities. Our favorite restaurant, the Bolweevle (?spelling), is an out of the way place that not many tourists frequent. They are very friendly, have a pool table and a few video games in addition to televisions playing constant sporting events (I wonder who likes that?). Seth and Madi love their food and it's a nice relaxing environment that you can enter with flip flops, a bathing suit and covered in sand. Todd's Mom, Sister and her fiance Chris will be joining us for a visit during the beginning of July and we are looking forward to seeing them and having some Southern California fun. 
