Thursday, April 18, 2013

Surfing

The weather here on the Central Coast of California is pretty consistent, the temperature swing is minimal and we rarely experience either extreme cold or oppressive heat. The only thing that is a bit unpredictable is the amount of sunshine, given the close proximity to the cold Pacific Ocean, the warmer it gets inland the more fog we see here at the coast line. Yet, the inland temperatures are not rising too quickly this spring, so we are experiencing amazing weather, clear blue sky, slight breeze and bright sunshine. Since we often have fog, we take advantage of these opportunities as often as we can. This week we headed to the beach to surf. The boys donned wetsuits and off we went.  Moms were bundled up to keep warm, the chilly ocean breeze requires a fleece jacket, but the sun was shining, the waves were perfect for some body surfing and there is plenty of sand to dig and dig and dig and dig and dig in.




And how to remove all that sand... the best solution is a good old fashion water fight, and we got the sheet mulching watered at the same time - a two fer...

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