The Girl and the Mountain

7 September 2003

You can take the girl out of the mountains, but you can't take the mountain out of the girl.
Sitting on the jetty in Dana Point yesterday was almost surreal. The sheer amount of water in front of us was unbelievable. It was nearly sunset, and all you could see of the cliff and the surfers was their silhouette. All of a sudden a seal came swimming up. It was cool.

I have yet to try surfing, but I don't see myself as a surfer. First of all, I'm afraid of deep water, particularly deep ocean water... there's no telling what's gonna come up to nibble on your toes! Just so everyone can relax.... the woman eaten by a shark was farther up north, and the sharks the marines have been seeing from their helicopters are about 15 miles south off the coast of San Obisbo State Beach... incidentally where the boys surf, but there haven't been any nibbles so far.

I have become really attached to these boys. I have only positive things to say about them and love hanging out with them. Besides my roommates, there is Morgan (the photo asst.) and Tatou (his friend), Jim (asso. Ed for Bike) and his roommate Derek (sen. ed. for Powder). These guys are all so fun, laid back, welcoming and sweet. We had a full house this past weekend as our new roommate Jeff arrived from Penn with his girlfriend, Camilla was here for a little vacation, and Matt, a guy that was interning for Bike a few months ago was back for about a week to reload and go back on the Heavy Peddle Tour taking Pat, my roommate from Calgary, with him. They have probably the best job at Primedia Action Sports Group... they drive all over the country... mostly west... stopping at bike races, big air comps and Interbike, the trade show in Las Vegas... giving out free stuff. I was kind of sad to see those guys leave on Thursday, but we gave them a heck of a going away party on Wed! They will be back before I leave, at the end of October.

It's quite here this weekend though. Jamey (my roommate) went up to Downieville, the first stop on the Heavy Peddle Tour to hang out at the race... I think he just misses Pat and Matt so much already... Jeff and his girlfriend are in SF and Camilla is back home in Denver. So I'm hanging out with my neighbor who's boyfriend is away for the weekend too. Later today we're going to the Tall Ships Festival at the Harbor in Dana Point and I'm going to try to get on the press boat to go out and take photos of the Tall Ships!

Weird (and cool) things I've seen in CA:
A girl walking around Rite-Aid wearing nothing but a string bikini... not even any flip flops!
The drum circle on Venice Beach.
Everything on Venice beach!
The migrant workers waiting by the donut shop to be picked up for work every morning.

We have incredible weather here this weekend. It's warm, the water is warm and there are no clouds in the sky at all. So I think that's my cue to get off my bum and get outside

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