Here Comes the Sun

Dad walking to the South cove

The sun is definitely a little less bashful today. I left for a 6 mile run at 7 and there was some small patches of blue in the sky already. When I got to the bridge over San Juan Creek, it was like being on the precipice of 2 weather systems. San Juan Capistrano to the East is completely sunny and Doheny beach on my left is cloudy. Those clouds were evaporating as the run progressed and there was a lot of sun by the time I got to the end of the road on the jetty.

I left for the beach at about 8:45. Strands and Salt Creek still hadn’t gotten the memo about the sun. However there was a hint of blue one could see past the mist. As I began to swim I could see the sun through the clouds. This is all very exciting.

It was a nice swim. Lifeguard station says it’s 65 degrees in the water. A little less surf (which basically means there was none) and a bit more bump on the surface than yesterday but still pretty calm. Lots of boats floating fairly close to shore not much further from where I was swimming. I pause when I get to my final Northern turnaround point and take in the very peaceful silence on the water.

I’m not in any hurry to finish this swim. The water feels great and is getting warmer every minute. When I get to shore, my dad is waiting for me. We take a nice walk down to the South end of the beach. I was telling him that I was at Thalia Surf Shop in Laguna and noticed how expensive surfboards are now. The boards I was looking at were around $1500.00. They were nice boards and you can certainly get a much cheaper soft top at Costco. I remember in the early 80s when I was into surfing, these same boards would have been a few hundred dollars. My dad told me his first surfboard was $85.00 in 1960. My grandparents got it for him as a birthday present at the Hobie’s surf shop on PCH in Dana Point. Same place where I got my surfboards in the 80’s. However, it has moved across the street since then.