**Side Note**

I thought I would share my California Bucket list with everyone.  I was inspired by an article in Orange Coast magazine and took some from there and created a monster of my own!!

Let me know if any of you cross any of these off too!!!

-          Balboa Park

-          Hear Dick Dale, king of the surf guitar, play live at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano

-          Take the Catalina Flyer out of Newport Harbor to, well, Catalina.

-          Take a birder and a pair of binoculars to the Bolsa Chica wetlands.

-          Check out Disneyland’s California Adventure.

-          Visit the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda

-          See the Helena Modjeska Historic House and Gardens in Modjeska Canyon

-          See the haunted house/court in san diego

-          See the caverns in san diego

-          See the Winchester house

-          Have dinner around a bonfire at Bolsa Chica State Beach.

-          Take the balloon ride at the Great Park in Irvine

-          Stop by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Canyon

-          Hang out at the International Surf Museum in Huntington Beach

-          Fish at Irvine Lake

-          Go whale watching

-          Go to Venice boardwalk

-          Go to a car show

-          Go bike riding in Huntington beach

-          Go to san juan mission Done!

-          Attend the surf competition in Huntington beach

-          Go to orange county museum of art

-          Go to santa ana arts district

-          Go to the getty

-          Go to the museum of tolerance

-          Go to the gun range (orange county indoor shooting range)

-          Go to the swapmeet

-          Go to Disneyland

-          Go to the orange county fair

-          Do the accomplice Hollywood!

-          Go to la brea tarpits

-          Go on a gondola ride in Newport

-          Go to casa romantica in san clemente

-          Go to the gaslamp district and see the museums Done!

-          Do OC Wildlife & Beach tour http://www.ocwildlifebeachtour.com/

-          Do the FLIGHTDECK air combat center in Anaheim

-          Do brunch at the beach

-          San juan Capistrano walking tour http://www.sjchistoricalsociety.com/tour.html

-          laguna wine tasting http://www.lagunacanyonwinery.com/

-          soka university international festival http://www.soka.edu/news_events/International-Festival/default.aspx

-          go to big bear

-          go to vegas with the girls
-          go to balboa penninsula
-          go to LACMA

-          go to the tea house on los rios http://www.theteahouseonlosrios.com/

go horseback riding in Huntington beach http://www.hcpec.com/hpr/hpr.html