7:1 ratio of Car to Beach

Well, it was Easter Sunday today, and we spent the day driving our daughter's friend down to the airport in LA...We left about 11AM and drove three and a half hours to Newport Beach where the kids got to swim in the surf for about an hour...their friend had never swam in the ocean before so we wanted her to have that opportunity. Then we drove an hour and fifteen minutes to the airport in Ontario, and back home which took another two-and-a-half to three hours...Is that a good ratio of drive time to beach time? I didn't think so either. :)