A Willy-Nilly Wednesday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
The Professor!!
It was gray and cool this morning as we strolled along the pier (#1). Winds were out of the WSW by 3kts and the sea surface was slightly rippled. Visibility was in the 5 to 10 mile range and it got better as the morning progressed and the overcast burned off. The air was 63.0 and the water was 65.8. Low tide was at 6:36am -0.8' and high tide is at 1:30pm +3.7'. Minus tides in the a.m. for the rest of the week for your clam digging pleasure. We have a SSW swell out of 194º at 2.3' and it was 2' with some low tide ankle busters...
Jah Morgan (#2) making some tight little turns in this cool fish-eye view. Looks like she could easily surf the Idaho standing wave. You know the funny thing about that wave in Idaho? It doesn't have a name. It's not like the "Potato Bowl" or "First Reef Boise" or "Flushers." Those Idaho folks are missing a bet here. Next time we're up there we're going to call dibs on something interesting like "Stand Offs."
We were persuaded to play nine holes for Father's Day and the first thing we ran into was the Ball-O-Matic... Maybe dozens of semi-inebriated golfers heading over to hit a bucket of balls and this is what they see. Can you imagine the jokes? Then again, we've always been suckers for rope writing...
Went to the DMV today to get my "REAL I.D." If you thought the DMV was an adventure before, you should roll it with a mask and hand sanitizer. People have not had appointments for three months and were in states of high anticipation. Now remember, we're talking California here, where we have more cars than all the other states put together. So it was with some trepidation that I approached the maitre d' m.v. and showed my papers. He said, "Tienes un appointment?" I said, "Si, but do I have to do all of this in Spanish?" He squinted his eyes and said, "Okay, nice tan, have a seat, here's your number. We'll be with you slightly before hell freezes over." Our number was F042362789. The next number they called was F042362701... Unbelievably, in about ten minutes they called me inside. The line outside the building stretched down the block. The line inside the building was only as long as the typical Jungle Cruise wait... During our lounge I had the opportunity to watch the different clerks do their work. There were several employees doing good work, explaining things to the clients and stamping and forwarding all of the paperwork. Then there was this one guy (window #5) who just happened to be wearing a face shield, a purple shirt and shorts. He looked like a welder who had a 5:00 tee time. You could tell he was wearing shorts because he periodically jumped up and loudly admonished his victims to stay behind the red line, where you couldn't hear him, see the eye chart or reach the pen anchored to the counter. I started counting and I figured it was inevitable that he was going to be my liaison with the DMV. He was a maniac. When they called my number they said "report to window #6." There were only 5 windows that I could see. #6 was around the corner and the guy there looked relatively normal, considering he was wearing a bandana for a mask and a backwards baseball hat. He looked like when he was through he was going to rob the liquor store next door. (I know there's a liquor store next door because that was MY next stop.) But he was good! The whole thing cost $30 and now I'll get a new photo that looks like I'm wearing an ascot and a Hawaiian shirt...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"The Professor!!
