This morning, I took him into the barbershop to get his crazy hair back to a more manageable length. Today’s 365 is a last look at Nate before he gets clippers taken to it.
Nate Before the Big Haircut
Finally, I felt good enough to get out of the house today! With Nate in tow, I drove up the coast to check out the place where I caught my first really memorable wave. I was riding a borrowed 1970’s 8′6″ Skip Frye with a crazy vee bottom. I remember making a bottom turn and feeling the sensation of being on what felt like an endless wave. It’s a perfect little wave too.
Today, there wasn’t much size to it, but there was nobody on it. I mean nobody. I’ve seen it plenty of days this size with a dozen people paddling around each other to get one of these tasty little morsels.
Of course, I was watching Nate so I didn’t even have my board with me so I just tried not to look at all the little waves go unridden. Instead, we tried to find some cool shells and picked up some trash here and there until it was time to head off the the park as I had promised.
Empty Waves
Nate showing off his balance
A crazy neon green anemone (no Photoshop, I promise)
Ready to head to our next destination
This morning, I was back at Dockweiler for some more shots of the big cement jetty north of Imperial. There was a lot of wind blowing straight onshore so the surf wasn’t much to speak of. So no paddle out which is fine because it gave me enough time to get my 365 post up for the day.
Cement Jetty, Perspective 1
Cement Jetty, Perspective 2
Cement Jetty, Perspective 3
(The little bright spot in the lower left part of the puddle is actually a reflection of the moon.)
Randy’s Donuts has probably been in more feature films than Arnold Schwarzenegger. Of course, I don’t have an exact count, but it seems that every other time there is a montage of Los Angeles, Randy’s Donuts is featured.
Today, it is the feature of my 365! Who doesn’t love a good donut every now and then?!
Randy's Donuts
Araceli and Maribel
The Classic Sprinkle
Yum!!!
My family and I met up with my brother’s family to spend an afternoon at the tidal pools at Royal Palms State Beach. I brought my camera, of course, and was able to nab a couple shots just before the sun went down.
Happy Sunday!
Tidal Pool
White Point
At the beginning of February, I had taken a picture of Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd just after sunset. It had rained a fair amount in the preceding days so the creek level was decently high compared to what it looks like in the summer months.
Last night, I woke up several times to the sound of rain coming down pretty hard so I figured that the creek was really be going. At dawn, I drove out to the same spot while the rain was still coming down and captured a few shots to show the speed of the water flowing out to the ocean. The water slows down significantly as the creek widens as it approaches the ocean.
There is a good amount of debris in this water. A lot of it washes up on the local beaches. I’m sure some of it floats out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. There is a great program about the garbage patch called TOXIC: Garbage Island. You can watch it on VBS.tv.
The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking east
The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking west
The Ballona Creek at Pacific Ave., looking west
The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking west (February 1, 2010)