"Escaping" the Wind

We decided to spend our time split between a hotel and an air bnb rental.  First stop was the hotel.  We like to stick to one of the hotels that we have reward programs with.  We picked the JW something or other Marriot.  We decided to stay here because the beach is across the street...

We got two beds since Finn has been sleeping alone, but he says I give "the best cuddles" so I have been sleeping with him.  Tosh doesn't mind because poor guy is usually longer than hotel beds.  

 We arrived just before sunset so we went down so Finn could see the beach...

 He was thrilled.   The hotel is just a short walk to the Santa Monica Pier...

 It was freezing!  We were all in shorts.    I could have used a snow suit.    Finn did not care...

 He laid down and did snow angels in the sand.

We have been eating at the hotel mostly.   The staff gets a kick out of Finn.    He has done a great job speaking up and talking to people. He started ordering for himself.  One night he ordered a "poop swanich"  which we laughed on the inside, hard.  The waitress was trying not to laugh but it was too funny.   We try to stick to the menu now.

The next day was fairly windy and cooler than I dressed for.   Finn wanted to swim.  I have set by a pool in denim for self confidence reasons many times in my life.  This day though I wore my jean jacket to keep warm.  Finn did not seem cold at all.

We tried to go out on the beach but it was super windy.

So apparently once a year Santa Monica has a period of crazy winds...

 It lasts a short period and a lady told us the winds get crazy "like 20 mph"

We told the lady we were from the windiest city in the country and had come here to escape the wind and we were crying on the beach as we got sandblasted.  We told her back home the wind was 50 mph.  We all had a good laugh about us coming during the "Santa Ana"  winds.