Bolsa Chica Ecologicial Reserve

Today we decided to start taking better advantage of some the national parks and other nature preserves in and around Orange County. Plus we decided we had had visitors with us for over two weeks between Tara and Rory's visit and also Jen's parents, so we needed to get some exercise.

We decided that we should start out small, so we went to Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve which is just north of Huntington Beach, right by the ocean. There are a few easy walking trails in the reserve and we chose an easy loop trail. It was the first time we had used the baby backpack since I used it to transport Callum through the airports on our Australia trip.






In the background of this one there are 2 brown Pelicans, which will probably raise the eyebrows of the Australian's who read this list, because if they are anything like me, they are used to the brilliant white Pelicans we have in Australia, but as it turns out these ones are actually supposed to be brown - who would have thought!



This one is a little hard to see but there is a stingray swimming along, it is brown and kind of camouflaged. We actually saw a half dozen different rays, but as it turns out, taking a photo of one and have it be actually visible is a little difficult.