CRYSTAL COVE

One of my favorite places to be at the beach was Crystal Cove.  I was here one year with Bridget and Megan. We walked along the beach and even stopped at the Shake Shack up on Hwy 1.  

This is one of the beach houses that were abandoned years ago.  

For more on Crystal Cove of Newport Beach, see here.  Crystal Cove is a State Park, so when you buy a parking permit for Crystal Cove it is good for that day in any one of the other State Parks in California.  Neat, too, that you can rent one of the preserved historic cottages on the beach.  Nice, very nice.  You have to create a profile here prior to securing a reservation.