Well, not that lazy. Jeff and I rolled out of bed at the crack of 9:30 or so to pack up snacks and head to the beach – El Matador (in Malibu) with Michelle and Diana (both from IPAC). Michelle has frequently mentioned El Matador as her favorite beach, but I had never been there before. It’s a great place – several sandy coves seperated by rocky promontories, which are cut through by caves that you can wander through. On the hike down, we could see dolphins and sea lions playing in the kelp beds just offshore.

The surf was a bit high to do much swimming, but we did wander down and check out the sea caves. The tide had only been going out for a couple of hours, so it was still too high to risk dragging my camera along. Too bad; I’ll definitely have to go back sometime at low tide, because the caves were pretty cool. You have to scramble through one small one to make it to the second beach (which is often used by nude sunbathers during the week). The second one’s a bit easier to get through, and opens up into a large cavern. Depending on the time of year, it’s also a good place to spot anemones and starfish, a lot like nearby Leo Carillo.

No sea-cave photos, but I did snap this silly one of Michelle attacking a peach: