Forty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration

 Although our 45th wedding anniversary isn't until December 27th, we decided to celebrate it early with a weekend get-away to Hermosa Beach. 

Having our anniversary two days after Christmas often makes it very difficult to celebrate. By that time, we have just given gifts to each other and we have over-eaten (usually) during the holidays so we don't necessarily want to give/get more gifts or go out to dinner. It's been a dilemma all these years.

Our solution this year was to celebrate in October instead of December. We had a very memorable get-away in spite of still having to wear masks and stay socially distant because of COVID-19. 

Our first stop was along the coast in Ventura. I love the California coastline - especially further north where they have magnificent cliffs.

Our next stop was the Venice Canals. We had heard about these canals in Venice but had never been there before. I'm so glad we went. I felt like I was in Venice Italy instead of Venice California. It would be an amazing place to live.

Our final destination was Hermosa Beach. We have visited Hermosa Beach many times. It might be our favorite beach in Southern California. Usually we stay at The Sea Sprite, but they have remodeled it and it is extremely expensive now so we opted to go up the street to a Quality Inn instead.

Here's a pic of the remodeled Sea Sprite. It used to be blue and white and the plaza pictured here used to be a pool. It looks a lot more modern now.

Some of the homes along the Strand were decorated for Halloween. This was my favorite with the skeletons decorated in swim wear and wearing covid masks. Haha!

Since most restaurants are still closed or open for outdoor dining only, we had to settle for a "non-romantic" Chipotle dinner. But that's ok. We are pretty simple folks.

We didn't give anniversary gifts to each other (since it wasn't really our anniversary nor did we have time to get gifts) but the best gift we give to each other is time together. We so love "hanging out" just the two of us. I'm glad I married my best friend and the love of my life. He has provided a good life for me these past 45 years. I feel so blessed and wouldn't change anything!