A few more smiles

After a miserable long wait I finally got both sun and waves today. As luck would have it, it was the day after they poured slurry on the street tops out front. Waiting as long as I could, (well, until I spotted someone else driving in the pristine blacktop) I raced down to Old Man's and paddled out in the little inside peak on the left. It was marshmallow soft, which could describe my conditioning at the moment, so we were a good match. I got more than a few head high waves that put a smile on my face, something I have been sorely lacking, I could tell, because my smiling muscles and paddling muscles were also out of shape. I do hope that this trend continues because I can use a few more waves and a few more smiles.

Still is worth waiting for

Well, the surf finally got up out of the knee high range today for the first time in a month. Being well forecast and a Friday, all the troops were there in full force at the beach. I elected to sneak into Dogpatch territory, almost over-run with paddle boarders now, and hope for the best. Luckily, a few really nice ones came my way, and I was getting pretty interesting off the lips as the head high surf cracked over the reef at the lower tide. Too good to be true, the south wind came up and squashed the session in a matter of moments, leaving everyone to complain bitterly as they paddled in en masse about the month of lousy surf and then now to be teased by an hour of good head high waves, but then only to have them rendered useless by an evil south wind! Still, the few I got reminded me that it still is worth waiting for.