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Published: December 24th 2006
Huntington Pier
with Main St in the background. Funky!This last day of our road trip was supposed to about surfing in the self-named surf capital of the US, Huntington Beach (HB). So we spent the night at Sea View Motel (no sea view though), just outside HB. HB definately got the surfing vibe, with loads of surf shops and surfer-friendly prices at the cafes, in addition to the most gourgeous beach.
The morning started well, with offshore winds and glassy 3ft waves, but we needed some breakfast first. An hour later the wind changed to onshore (which turns the surf from glassy to messy), the waves got bigger and conditions were out of our league, unfortunately. So, we spent a couple of hours watching the guys who know how to handle it instead.
Later in the afternoon, in a desperate attempt to get wet, we headed up the cost to Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, hoping it would be a bit more sheltered from the wind. Waves were smaller and less messy. Not a surf board rental shop in sight though, so we walked along the beach for a while, wining about how much we wanted to get just a couple of waves. Found that it didn't help,
so we drove up to Hollywood instead. Spent the night on Melrose Avenue and had a couple of drinks on Sunset Boulevard after a nice meal at the Farmers Market in Fairfax.
Next morning, we drove back to Venice Beach to return the car.
Den sista dagen pa var biltur hade vi tankt surfa, i den sjalvbenamnda surfhuvidstaden i USA, Huntington Beach (HB). Vi spenderade natten pa Sea View Hotel (ingen havsutsikt dock) precis utanfor HB. HB har definitivt surfkansla, med massor av surfbutiker och sufrvanliga priser pa cafeerna, plus en helt fantastiskt vacker strand.
Morgonen borgade bra, med franlandsvind och 1 meter hoga vagor, men vi behovde frukost forst. En timme senare hade vinden andrat riktning (vilket gjorde de tidigare perfekta vagorna helt sonderblasta), vaghojden okade och var for stora for oss, tyvarr. Sa vi tillbringade ett par timmar pa stranden och tittade pa de som klarade av den storleken pa vagor istallet.
Senare pa eftermiddagen, i ett desperat forsok att blota ner oss, akte vi uppat kusten till Hermosa och Manhattan Beach, i hopp om att de skulle vara mer skyddade fran vinden. Vagorna var mindre och inte sa sonderblasta. Inte en
showing off...
at Huntington Beach. braduthyrning i sikte dock, sa vi gich langs stranden ett tag, gnallande over hur garna vi ville fa bara ett par vagor. Det hjalpte ju inte, sa korde upp till Hollywood istallet. Vi bodde pa Melrose Avenue och tog ett par ol pa Sunset Boulevard efter en god maltid pa Farmers Market i Fairfax.
Nasta morgon korde vi tillbaka till Venice Beach for att lamna tillbaka bilen.
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