Monday, July 07, 2008

July 4th Weekend...

...Was spent at the beach in Oceanside, one of my favorite places to go. My wife's parents have a condo about 50 yards from the sand on the second floor, so there's a nice view and we can watch all the fascinating folk cruising up and down Pacific Avenue.
Friday started out cloudy with a marine layer that burned off in the late afternoon for a brief spot of sunshine, but by 7 or 8pm it had come back with a vengeance.
The condo is about a mile south of the pier where they have the annual firework display and is normally a good spot to watch it, but by the time the show started, we couldn't see down the block, let alone the pier. It was so thick you couldn't even see a glow - but we heard the show, right on schedule...
I had such a good time there that this didn't dampen my spirits at all - I was more amused than disappointed. Hanging out with family and watching my kids boogie board was way more important...

6 comments:

NotClauswitz said...

Sounds very nice!! At least the water is warm enough that you don't have to wear a wetsuit! :-)
The heat is coming back here climbing into the 90's and the smoke from the fires is making the air impenetrable.

Kevin said...

I feel for you, man. Wildfires really suck, and we get more than our fair share out here in CA.

Julie & Christian said...

Ok ok...I know from personal experience how awesome your in-laws beach condo is...but...you seriously missed out big time this year in the Sierras. Don't flake out next year!

FHB said...

Sounds wonderful. Coolness.

phlegmfatale said...

i have a picture of me and my Jack Russell Valentine on the beach in winter at Oceanside. Lovely place. Good memories.

Anonymous said...

had a blast! thanks for making it special for izzy and i...DQ yeah!