Florida is looking more tempting to me every day to be honest. Everything is less expensive and the weather is great. Southern California has it's perks, but they are just becoming too expensive...
Pickled onions are always so good! Pickled eggs are good too, but I don't tend to ever have any of those around.
That's great that you got to take a walk down to the beach and enjoy the sun. Seals can be very noisy can't they? It's sounds like a nice getaway from the house to enjoy the sea air.
Where do your relatives live in Florida?