A beach get-away
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I had Friday off work, so I had a chance to spend the day in Marina Del Rey and to just generally enjoy the beach breeze. This is a rare treat, living in Pasadena.
I headed over there on Friday morning. I’d brought my commuting bike so we could go riding along the beach. We went and took a little tour of the canals in Venice, and then we rode up to Santa Monica, passing through the craziness of Venice. It was quite entertaining, as always. I love a good freak show.
Saturday morning, we rode the other way down the beach. The 4th of July holiday was getting underway, and we saw a barbecue that was a 55-gallon drum, but decorated like a bull. Complete with nuts. Check them out in the picture. We also saw hang gliding instruction and a guy riding a streamlined recumbent bike. And of course, I got a new sign for my animal crossings gallery. We stopped for lunch in Manhattan Beach before heading back.
It was a nice little 28-hour getaway.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
The bull looks like something we’d do here in Texas. Nostalgic?
July 5th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Not really. I don’t wish I was still living there, but on the other hand, I don’t hate it the way I used to. Especially since it’s turned out that my time there led to the best thing that’s ever happened to me.