I was at my regular spot on Sunday. I did take time to check out another surf spot before going back to my same old, same old.
The morning was quite grey at first. By 9 am it cleared and was starting to get warm. I have been out all summer and have not gotten that tan. Sure I have an all year long tan; it’s just that I take off when the sun really starts to come out. I always use sun-screen, even if it is overcast. I have learned years ago to take care of my skin.
The day was nice and the surf was mellow. Like it has been for the last month. I was tired from being out the night before. I had gone to the symphony and while it’s not a wild evening it was fun. They had played Beethoven 5th and we had drunk some wine. There was also a fireworks display. That was fun and I got to spend time with a friend I haven’t done anything with in a while, always great to catch up.
The next morning after getting even more tired from being in the water, I relaxed and read on the sand. There was a pod of dolphins again. They stayed a while and I could see two of them jumping out of the water together.
The rest of the week has been so busy for me. We are going out of town this weekend and I will be with mostly men, and nowhere near the ocean. If I hadn’t forced myself to get up early and get going I wouldn’t have been there to see the dolphin and recharge my batteries for this next week.
I will have to wait till a week from tomorrow to go back out again and I will again not pass up the chance to get my board out and take it to the same place. Good thing it will be there waiting for me.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Great Time
The last Sunday was another great time at Lake Newport. The tide was so low I could walk up to the lineup and the water was only up to my shoulders. Being that I am only 4’11’ that makes it about 4 feet of water.
I had to joke with the other surfers and we talked a bit. I waited for some of them to leave to take my board out. There were about 10 and no waves. Okay, just little bitty ones that were better for body surfing than board surfing. There was no need for my 9’6” board to be hogging up space. I swam for a while and played a bit in the water, making sure to keep out of the way as best as I could.
I did get my board out. I am finding out that I am not as tired as I used to be. Now I feel ready to try to add Friday mornings to my schedule of exercise. I should be able to go out and then head back in time for work. I don’t know if I will be able to do every Friday, but I will try.
This will be my first time going out twice in one week. Of course I will be reporting back as to how that goes. As always I will check up on Surf line before I go out. What did we do before that? Oh yeah, the surf reports on the phone.
The end of my morning ended as usual with breakfast and a good book. Before I left I took a long last look. They sky was blue and the water sparkled and I was listening to good music. It’s times like that when it’s so hard to leave.
This is what I do, first I think about making a change. Test out the waters to see if it is possible. Then when I feel it is right I go for it and don’t look back. I can’t always do that with everything, but I will keep trying. :-)
I had to joke with the other surfers and we talked a bit. I waited for some of them to leave to take my board out. There were about 10 and no waves. Okay, just little bitty ones that were better for body surfing than board surfing. There was no need for my 9’6” board to be hogging up space. I swam for a while and played a bit in the water, making sure to keep out of the way as best as I could.
I did get my board out. I am finding out that I am not as tired as I used to be. Now I feel ready to try to add Friday mornings to my schedule of exercise. I should be able to go out and then head back in time for work. I don’t know if I will be able to do every Friday, but I will try.
This will be my first time going out twice in one week. Of course I will be reporting back as to how that goes. As always I will check up on Surf line before I go out. What did we do before that? Oh yeah, the surf reports on the phone.
The end of my morning ended as usual with breakfast and a good book. Before I left I took a long last look. They sky was blue and the water sparkled and I was listening to good music. It’s times like that when it’s so hard to leave.
This is what I do, first I think about making a change. Test out the waters to see if it is possible. Then when I feel it is right I go for it and don’t look back. I can’t always do that with everything, but I will keep trying. :-)
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Out
For a Sunday in August it was pretty overcast. I was out the other day and after I got out of the water I needed my sweater. It was still good to be out of the house and in the water.
I was almost going to stay in and sleep some more, but I went to Surf line and saw that that water was really calm and slow. If I didn’t go and get out there it would have been really lame of me. I got myself ready and strapped up my board and got out there.
It was nice, I got a good parking spot and waxed up my board and got in the water. After a while another surfer was coming up to my left in the lineup. I was off my board just playing around. I didn’t want him to think I was going to be a pain. “Don’t worry I will stay out of your way.” I said.
“It’s a lot colder that I thought it was going to be.” He said after a chuckle.
I did move and get out of his way. I was there to keep working on my upper body strength and the only way to do that is to get out there and get on my board and really paddle and swim.
When I was ready to get out I made sure there was no wave any one was trying to catch and I rode a small wave in to the shoreline. I kept my word and did not get in any ones way. I watched as the other stayed in the water longer and after a while I drifted off to sleep in the sand.
Later I woke up, since hunger pains set in. Yeah, like no one ever gets starving hungry after swimming. The morning ended with breakfast by myself. At home it was a lot hotter, good thing I had time to go into the water and get out of the house.
I was almost going to stay in and sleep some more, but I went to Surf line and saw that that water was really calm and slow. If I didn’t go and get out there it would have been really lame of me. I got myself ready and strapped up my board and got out there.
It was nice, I got a good parking spot and waxed up my board and got in the water. After a while another surfer was coming up to my left in the lineup. I was off my board just playing around. I didn’t want him to think I was going to be a pain. “Don’t worry I will stay out of your way.” I said.
“It’s a lot colder that I thought it was going to be.” He said after a chuckle.
I did move and get out of his way. I was there to keep working on my upper body strength and the only way to do that is to get out there and get on my board and really paddle and swim.
When I was ready to get out I made sure there was no wave any one was trying to catch and I rode a small wave in to the shoreline. I kept my word and did not get in any ones way. I watched as the other stayed in the water longer and after a while I drifted off to sleep in the sand.
Later I woke up, since hunger pains set in. Yeah, like no one ever gets starving hungry after swimming. The morning ended with breakfast by myself. At home it was a lot hotter, good thing I had time to go into the water and get out of the house.
Friday, August 8, 2008
How do they do it?
I know there are other spots on earth that are hotter than So Cal. Just going farther east into Palm Springs and you are hotter still. How do they do it?
The hottest place I have ever lived was in Las Vegas NV. I lived there the summer I turn 16. The daytime high was 120 and I was able to walk around and everything. The funny thing about that was that all summer I never saw another teenagers walking around and I never meet them. When I went to register for school I just sat back in wonderment. Where had they been all summer? My sister and I would go to the malls during the day, and yes I carried my bomb box proudly. I blasted Siouxie and the Banshees, and everyone stared. Also I spent a lot of money on Perrier that summer.
In Rancho Cordova it was also about 120 at noon in the summer. The difference was the humidity. Rancho was much more humid than Vegas, for obvious reasons. In Vegas I didn’t feel tired from the heat as much as I do here some times. In Rancho I really felt it, the kind of heat that makes you sluggish.
There was no way I could live in Vegas. It was quite a while ago, but there is nothing to do when you are underage and not a tourist. At the time I couldn’t deal with the fact that I had to go to another state to go to the beach. Now, well my family lives there and we are not close, one more reason to stay away from Vegas.
It is just amazing that we can live in all these different climates and still be okay. Somewhat, we all get uncomfortable and sticky. Here in So Cal over a hundred years ago, a very wealthy Spanish woman used to keep a glass of ice tea handy and press it to her wrist to keep herself cool during the summers. Others just drink tons of water. For me, it’s all about getting back into the water to cool off. If it’s the pool or the ocean there is nothing like cold water on a hot day. Okay maybe a cold beer, and yes I would walk over my own mother to get one on a day like today!
The hottest place I have ever lived was in Las Vegas NV. I lived there the summer I turn 16. The daytime high was 120 and I was able to walk around and everything. The funny thing about that was that all summer I never saw another teenagers walking around and I never meet them. When I went to register for school I just sat back in wonderment. Where had they been all summer? My sister and I would go to the malls during the day, and yes I carried my bomb box proudly. I blasted Siouxie and the Banshees, and everyone stared. Also I spent a lot of money on Perrier that summer.
In Rancho Cordova it was also about 120 at noon in the summer. The difference was the humidity. Rancho was much more humid than Vegas, for obvious reasons. In Vegas I didn’t feel tired from the heat as much as I do here some times. In Rancho I really felt it, the kind of heat that makes you sluggish.
There was no way I could live in Vegas. It was quite a while ago, but there is nothing to do when you are underage and not a tourist. At the time I couldn’t deal with the fact that I had to go to another state to go to the beach. Now, well my family lives there and we are not close, one more reason to stay away from Vegas.
It is just amazing that we can live in all these different climates and still be okay. Somewhat, we all get uncomfortable and sticky. Here in So Cal over a hundred years ago, a very wealthy Spanish woman used to keep a glass of ice tea handy and press it to her wrist to keep herself cool during the summers. Others just drink tons of water. For me, it’s all about getting back into the water to cool off. If it’s the pool or the ocean there is nothing like cold water on a hot day. Okay maybe a cold beer, and yes I would walk over my own mother to get one on a day like today!
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