Bike Ride to Seal Beach [Wendy]

Yesterday, Jaclyn and I biked to Seal Beach again. On the way there, we chilled and rode verryy verryyy slow. We left my house at around 12:30, and when we arrived, it was 2! It took 1 hour and 30 minutes to get there! When we arrived, we decided to go on the beach and relax there for a while. We biked past these gorgeous houses and just sat on my beach towel by the Seal Beach pier. The waves were pretty nice, but the water was cold! Both of us dipped our feet in the water, but if we had brought our swim suits, I think we would have gone in because the waves looked surfable. While we were looking out at the ocean, I heard a surfer next to me say, "Is that a sea lion?" Jaclyn looked out at the ocean, and she saw it! Unfortunately, I didnt have my glasses with me, so I couldn't see it. I ran up to the shore and looked out for a very long time, but I still did not see it. When I came running back, Jaclyn exclaimed, "I see it again!" Then, I saw it. It was a female sea lion who was basically on the shore. She was hobbling out of the water, and she was within knee-deep water. I sprinted over there, and I was able to get a very close glance at her before she went back in the water. She was so close that I could have gone and pet her, but I dont think that would have been a very good idea. After lying on the beach for awhile and eating up our snacks, Jaclyn and I headed around the pier to explore. My parents had taken me there before when I was very small, so it was nice to see places that I recognized. There was this one street with a lot of cute shops. There was a music shop that we looked at (Jaclyn hearts music) and afterwards we went to a shell store. I could see why the shell store was Jaclyn's favorite. It was full of interesting shells and beach-y items that matched her personality. There were gigantic abalone shells, sea urchine skeletons, sea stars, and conches. Everything there made my shell collection look extremely lame :P. It was getting late, so after a long time of consideration, she bought a present for her friend in Alaska and we headed back. This time, I used Jaclyn's bike, and I biked my hardest. The wheels on her bike are smaller so you have to pedal extremely fast to go fast. I finally figured out that the larger the wheels, the easier it is to bike haha. So, there I was panting and sweating until we reached around la mirada - ish when my legs couldnt take it anymore. We stopped for a break and some water, and I walked off the soreness in my legs. We got back on the bikes and it was amazing what a little break could do for your legs. We came back to my house where I stole some of my parent's change :D and we got ourselves some Johnny's Frozen Yogurt for a treat. It was a good thing it didnt rain. Overall, it was a nice trip and a pretty nice workout.