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The main beach in Corona Del Mar is a 1/2 mile sandy beach in Newport Beach, CA.
This video is an overview for visitors to the Main Beach in Corona Del Mar. Corona Del Mar is popular with ocean swimmers, sun bathers, and body boarders. It is a great beach in Newport Beach that is often less crowded than the Balboa Peninsula.
Spectacular Halloween decorations are a treat for the trick-or-treaters on the homes of Balboa Island in Newport Beach California.
This video highlights some of the best decorations on the island. Truly spectacular!
ocgirl posted some pictures of the coolest houses and their decorations over on her blog. Extra points if you can read the Chinese as well!
Disneyland is awesome during the holidays, and Halloween is a great one!
Every year Disneyland decorates the entire park with pumpkins, ghouls, and ghosts. Visit Space Mountain, aka Ghost Galaxy, the Haunted Mansion Holiday, and take a ride down Main Street with all of it’s holiday decorations. Around the statue of Walt Disney, there are 7 pumpkins, each with a different Disney character carved in to it.
This video is another oldie but goodie. Shot in 2005 — this is video from a day of really big waves at The Wedge in Newport Beach, CA.
The Wedge is at the southern most tip of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach. It is called the wedge, because of the wedge that is made where the sand of the beach ends, and a rock jetty comes out in the ocean. The particular angle of the jetty causes the waves to double or triple in size when the wave energy reflects off of the jetty. When the waves are big, the lifeguards only allow bodysurfing during the afternoon. But after 6pm, they allow surfboards and boogie boards, and all chaos ensues. Check out the video!
Peters Canyon is a hiking trail in Orange County just east of Irvine and Tustin Ranch in the city of Orange at the intersection of Jamboree and Canyon View. Going around the loop is about a 2 hour moderate hike with some cool views of southern Orange County from the top of the Eastern Ridge.
Balboa Island in Newport Beach California is known for some of the most elaborate Christmas light decorations in Southern California. The island itself is about 4 blocks wide, by 14 blocks long and is one of my favorite places to go for a walk in Orange County. A stroll around the island takes about 45 minutes and is an even greater joy at Christmas time. This video was shot on Christmas Eve, 2008… and shows about 10 houses on Balboa Island.