Crystal Cove State Park

Kyle and I went mountain biking at El Moro Canyon at Crystal Cove State Park and then went to the beach there. This is hands down the best beach I've been to in California.  After all the crowds at Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and Seal Beach, ...

... Sawdust Festival purse club. The next day Larry, Sue and us took a wonderful scenic walk along the beach trail at Crystal Cove State Park, near Laguna.  This beautiful park has become a preserve for many native plant and animal species that used to ...

... views of the Pacific (and on a clear day of Catalina Island as well) and Newport Harbor, the resort is located above Crystal Cove State Park and the Pacific Coast Highway.  Crystal Cove State Park is a true gem, one of the last beach nature ...

... nbsp;     California San Francisco | Santa Barbara | Garden Grove | San Diego (First Visit) (Second Visit) | Crystal Cove State Park | Redondo Beach | Long Beach | Laguna Beach |    Utah Salt Lake City | Antelope ...

... dolphin and people watching (see surfing photos…) One day we really treated ourselves and paid $15 to go into Crystal Cove State park, which has several miles of utterly unspoilt sandy beach with rock pools and a collection of old wooden holiday ...

... sightseeing down in Balboa Island, making thr essential stop in the Balboa Candy Store before going furher along the coast to see Crystal Cove State Park and getting a shake at the 'Shake Shack' which overlooks the cove. Divine!  It was then back to ...

... met Scott, Ashley's boyfriend, who seems like a genuine, kind person. We did a little of everything while I was there. We went to Crystal Cove Beach and walked in the sand, got our feet wet and layed around for a while. We went to Laguna Beach and did ...

... south to Laguna Beach...eating lunch at the Beachcomber.  This is a little place, nestled in the middle of the Crystal Cove State Park with a view of the cliffs and beach. Newport Beach area is flat, like Ocean City. Laguna Beach is ...

... get a snap of the sunset.     Around 9 a.m.. we arrived at our first destination, a white sand harbor with crystal clear lime green water. The water was river fed so the lack of salt was quite refreshing. We swam to shore in ...

... forward and two steps back. Our next stop after Buzios was going to be Ilha Grande, an island renowned for its world class beaches and crystal clear waters. To get there, though, we had to travel like the birds and head south once more. It was too good an ...

... drive there was great with huge sand dunes that covered every angle of the coast and sometimes between these dunes rested blue crystal clear lagoons. The contrast is surreal almost comparable to the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia...but not quite. Jeri itself ...