Last weekend we went to the beach town of Seal Beach. Seal Beach isn’t really considered a hot spot here in L.A., and I actually just read about it online. Being always eager to see animals, I immediately figured we should go to Seal Beach to see….seals. Well, they don’t have them. For that we’ll have to go south to San Diego. After some Wikipedia research, I found out that the town was named Seal Beach basically to attract people. They got me.
We went anyway and I had a perfect afternoon. There is a little downtown area with shops and restaurants, and the cutest cafe (photo of the framed prints), that we got coffee at, though the food looked delicious. The beach was lovely, though there were bits of garbage in some parts of the water, which is awful. Not only is it amazing that this many people swim next to floating plastic bottles and bags, but that people actually contribute to it… I’m not sure if I noticed more because I actually read someone’s yelp review about the garbage in the ocean there, but it definitely stuck out to me more than other beaches I’ve been to so far. This sort of thing makes me realize just how good I had it in my hometown. Most people are environmentally conscious there, and I don’t know many people who’d leave their garbage on the beach.
It makes me cringe. So you can imagine, the town itself must have been pretty amazing for me to still have had a great time, even when walking down a boardwalk that provided views of floating waste. The neighborhoods were so nice. My favorite part of our day trip was wandering down the quiet streets. There are cute homes (reminding me of my college town), white picket fences, and lots of little gardens. The house shown above is for rent :). Overall we had a great time in Seal Beach and will be back. I hope (and summer) that the majority of visitors care for the ocean more, too.
I hate when people leave their trash! Why ‘trash’ such a beautiful place. guh. The surroundings do look lovely though. 🙂 xo!