Whale Watching in Dana Point

We bought some whale watching tickets on a good groupon deal and waited for a nice warm day to go.  It was actually very hot for Winter and it was in the 80's.  The girls were so excited!  Here we are waiting for our boat to come in.  

As soon as we pulled out of the harbor we started seeing the common dolphins.  They were really fun and played with the boat all over the ocean.  We loved them and had a lot of fun seeing them.  We never did see any whales though on the whole trip.  The dolphins were so fun though that it didn't matter.  

We then walked around the sidewalks.  The coolest thing we saw were these birds that some guy let the kids see and play with.  

 After we were done we went down to the beach and walked around in the sand.  It was fun!

Finally we ate dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen and then drove home excited about our day trip.