Malibu Lagoon: 8 Ducks, 4 Coots, a Few Mosquito Fish - Massive Fail

After a fabulous lunch at Tra Di Noi with my hubby and kids for Mother's Day, we decided to take in the Malibu Lagoon remodeling.  Whatever it was before, it is nothing like that now.  It is a desert with no plants, animals, fish, birds, reptiles, bugs, butterflies...nothing but a few measley birds.  It is a wasteland. 

We didn't even see an ant, a lizard or a fly.  We have an entire ecosystem in our yard.  Here it's just a big cesspool of algae, dead plants, graffiti, cigarette butts and some viewing platforms that are perfect for a slippery dip into the water.  Walk on the ramp, and you'll soon be holding your nose under the faux lagoon. 

The bathrooms were missing (all that money and no real bathrooms?). The Malibu Colony people are basiclaly trapped - the back doors open on a tiny strip of land that will not allow them to even take a kid in a stroller out in a fire. There were a few visitors and a handful of surfers, but on this gorgeous May day, there were empty chairs and picnic tables and a few cars in the $12 parking lot.

Here's a visual tour.  Feast your eyes on...well nothing.

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