New board on its way

A couple of days ago I mentioned that Steve Pendarvis is shaping a new board for me. I thought I would share a photo of him in action. Can't wait!

Nice cars at the Scripps Ranch parade

I know its a little late but I thought I would post some photos from the Scripps Ranch parade on July 4th. Most of the photos are of classic police cars. I did add a photo of the convertible Michelle and I drove in.

Lazy Thursday

I enjoyed a relaxing day around Ocean Beach doing the following:

• Morning surf (wasn't that good)
• Finishing up a logo for the new surfboard (see below)
• Bike ride to Ocean Beach for a smoothie
• Bike session in the skate park
• Organizing my music in iTunes
• Lunch at the Tilted Stick....ate a couple of fish tacos
  
• Afternoon surf session at the jetty

Tonight Michelle and I are going out to dinner. A wonderful summer day!

The orange van below was photographed by Fred, my counselor. Nice ride!

Jesus surfs?

My neighbor bought a stain glassed window depicting Jesus watching over a surfer on a wave. He bought it from a pastor down the street for five bucks. We built a frame for it and strung some x-mas lights on it. It now has candles and other shrine-related objects such as beeds and offerings. Every day there seems to be something new.

4th of July at "The Ranch"

Just finished participating in the Scripps Ranch 4th of July parade. Duncan Hunter was in front of us in a truck with NRA stickers and a driver chomping on a cigar. Behind us was a group of guys dressed up like star wars characters.

The quote of the day came from some guy dressed up like a storm trooper talking to the parade coordinator....."There will come a day when the empire will fall...but today will not be that day."

Only at the ranch...

Taming The Forest

I spent the first two days of my summer vacation gardening. It took two days to complete the task, but I was able to clean up, fertilize, and weed about 3/4 of our front yard. I had to stop because I ran out of trash cans (I filled up 8 trash cans of waste).

Enough work for the day...now its time to eat some fish tacos! I'll finish the rest of the front yard next week :)

Kick Back Sunday

Michelle and I woke up this morning and decided to go to Mr. Peabodies for breakfast. As soon as we left OB we realized that wasn't going to happen because the Rock 'n Roll Marathon had paralized San Diego. There were traffic jams everywhere.We decided to spend the day in the backyard hanging with Jack and listening to the water fountain.

My Beautiful Wife

Last Friday a student at Michelle's school took this photo. I love the composition and it makes my wife look beautiful.....which isn't hard to do :)

Memories of Costa Rica

Found abottle of salsa from Costa Rica at a local hot sauce shop in San Diego and we had to pick some up. In Costa Rica we put this stuff on everything...for every meal! Very tasty!

Bike ride through Coronado

A couple of weeks ago Michelle and I rode the ferry across the San Diego Bay to Coronado for a nice sunday bike ride. We picked up the ferry next to the cruise ships. It dropped us off in Coronado. We ended up hanging out in Coronado for the day, checking the surf, watching the tourists, and having a nice brunch. We finished up the tour of Coronado with a pit stop at the Coronado Brewery.