Adventures “at Sea”

It seems like this pregnancy is flying by!!  Although we are VERY excited to meet Baby Vo in about 3 months, we are also trying to enjoy life without kids right now.  (Let’s call this time of our marriage BBV for Before Baby Vo.)  In the past few weeks, we’ve gone to some concerts (Eden’s Edge at the Mint was my favorite), seen a movie (Blue Like Jazz), gone to lots of dinners with friends (Picca and Red Medicine being my favorite two), and driven all over LA and Orange County to try new activities.

This weekend, we went sailing out of Redondo Beach with our friends Preston & Ashley.  When we left our house, the sun was out and the temps were in the high 80s.  When we arrived in Redondo Beach, the sky was overcast, the air was wet, and I was all-to-happy that I brought a sweatshirt.  It looks like the notorious “June Gloom” is a little early this year!  Anyhow, the four of us enjoyed a leisurely sailboat ride around the Santa Monica Bay.  Steve and Preston even got to steer the sailboat for a while!  Although there are whales in the area, we were satisfied with checking out the seals and pelicans.  We even witnessed a few pelicans dive into the water for fish.  (I wish I had a video of this, but you could never predict when a pelican would suddenly drop from the sky and disappear into the water.  It was really odd.)  I’d definitely like to do this again when the weather is a little better…I’d even consider it for a family event once Baby Vo is big enough to wear a life jacket.

I'm not sure what Preston and our captain are looking at, but this picture makes me laugh.

The four of us in front of our boat, "DNA."