The green sea folds and crashes to shore here on Jalama Beach. A kite surfer flies across the waves with enormous speed in expertly carved motorless motion. Amazing. Looks like tons of fun…the guy never falls and starts over, like in surfing, coz the wind keeps him clipping across the waves for as long as he wishes. Wow! The next best thing to flying.
That reminds me…I recently read that the newest craze in the snowboard world (Chris says he sometimes dreams about snowboarding, now that he lives in California) is called No-boarding. This is a snow board with NO bindings; just a traction plate for your feet and an attached cord. 40 degree drops off clean air cornices. Wish we were 20 again!
So here’s our update: the last couple weeks in beautiful Santa Barbara watching basketball games, hiking the beaches, collecting more rocks and reading in the sun. This is such a gorgeous, peaceful, small-town feeling, conscious place, with the Santa Inez Mountains on one side and the blue Pacific on the other. Great nightlife, whether you’re young or old, wonderful art galleries, stimulating lectures on all sorts of subjects, and superb restaurants. Went shopping downtown and parused the Farmer's Market where we scored fresh fruit and vegetables for the trip down the road. Paul and Jo (UCSB basketball boosters) invited us to housesit for 4 days at their home in Hope Ranch. We took care of their dogs, Sitka and Juneau (yes…named after Alaskan towns!) and their 2 cats. After that we hung out with Zach and Jenna before heading down the road to Jalama Beach. Life is good.
