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Thanks for the tips BTD and Hades. I think we've decided on going to the beach to build sand castles and fly our kite, followed by dinner somewhere that we don't have in AZ. I would not dare to venture into the water in April, so waves and such are not a concern. We may stick our feet in, but that is it.

Now we just need to decide on a beach. I honeymooned in Newport, how the heck did I miss all that stuff? The only thing I remember about the area is a really cool movie theater that we saw Dancer in the Dark in, and a crab restaurant that we had yummy brown clam chowder at.

We love love love Dana point (I bought my first skateboard there), but the beach we love so much requires much walking across rocks and climbing to get to, so that's out. Plus it's by a high wall of rocks so the kite flying wouldn't work. Here's what I'm looking for in a beach: as few crowds as possible, yummy non-chain, not too expensive food nearby, as close to DL as possible. Anything fit that criteria?