Winter Action

Its been a fun and relaxing winter break. Before Michelle and I left for baja, I spent a few days digging dirt jumps in OB. A bunch of people have been showing up to dig (including a few kids from my school) and we have easily doubled the size of our trails. The photos taken below were from the middle of December. The shot from the top of the hill gives you a good perspective on the number of jumps we have running.

Soon after the photos were taken, Michelle and I left for our first Baja camping trip in a few years. We had a great time camping and caught some amazing surf. Michelle took a bunch of photos and I've posted a couple of photos below. We will post a link to the photo album shortly.

Since we have been back, I've been hanging out at the jumps again. Most of them are dry now but a couple of the big ones are a little wet, a little slow, and barely makable. They should be good to go within a couple of weeks. More jumping photos to follow.

Snoring...

Could a cat do it? Jack fell asleep on my lap and prove it is possible. Please don't ask why the photos are upside down.

OB Christmas...Home Sweet Home!

Our friend Patrick lives on Newport Ave, one block up from Sunset Cliffs Blvd. His house is ground zero for the staging area for the Ocean Beach Christmas Parade. We brought our kegerator down to his house and set up a "observation zone" for friends and family.

The OB Christmas Parade never fails you...almost every entry is typical "OB". My favorites included:

• Silvergate Elementary Unicycle Club
• Tiny's Tavern (local bar) Christmas Elves - looks like they built their float in 30 minutes or less
• Local Volkswagon Club (which included the most awesome VW Karmann Ghia dunebugy I have ever seen and an old VW bug with a train horn installed under the hood)
• "Occupy North Pole" - not sure what the point of that was
• A robotic giraffe (see first photo below) that talked to kids - one tried to pet its leg and the giraffe said "ooohhhh that tickles!"
• The "Happy Funkin' Christmas" float that had a dozen people with "afros" dancing to 70's music" - I could hear them from a block away and I swore they were yelling "happy fu#&ing christmas" on their P.A. system
• The local Surfrider chapter float that had a "ban the plastic" float with a surfer staanding in a plastic bottle "barrel" (see bottom photo) - the driver had a megaphone hooked upto to the front of the truck and broadcasted propaganda while driving down the street

Nothing special...just a normal day in Ocean Beach. I've lived here for 20 years and the Christmas parade helps me remember why I'm attracted to this town :)