I surprised Nick with a kayaking tour of Newport Harbor for Father's Day. The weather was perfect and our guide, Mike from China Cove Kayak Adventures, was absolutely the perfect guy to tour around with. He's an ex-pro baseball player who lives in the area and knows all of the locals. Excellent history lesson, good exercise, and time together. It was a great way to spend the morning!

We stopped at Pirate's Cove, which is where portions of Gilligan's Island was filmed. It turns out that Nick has gone rock climbing in this cove before! We then headed over to Balboa Island for another stop, where we walked around, grabbed some coffee, and enjoyed the views of the harbor.
Mike gave us the best kayak, which came in handy when we all decided to have a race. Nick and I won, thanks in part to our speedy kayak but mainly to Nick's mad kayaking skills :)