Perfect Boys Weekend

We have all been quite sad and frustrated. A ship runs into the Bay Bridge and it closes the beach in front of our house for a couple weeks. I had not surfed or exercised in almost two weeks, we had to escape the "Beach Closed" signs. So we loaded the wagon up with surfboards, wetsuits, boogie boards, skateboards, helmets, beer and a chicken and headed to Santa Cruz to the GCC. We arrived as the fog lifted and hit the beach, Jasper, Gabby and I played in the pounding shore break while Maya and Silas cooked extensive concoctions in the sand. Then I got some amazing surf, big sets, fast and hollow, exploding with me in it. I felt so much better... ALIVE! An evening of yummy GCC cooking and friendship, card games, movies, and hot tub. Then this morning I got up before everyone and hit the surf for another 1.5 hours. I was alone with the otters and seabirds and I had a long chat with a harbor seal. Glorious waves, smaller, but greasy morning glass and fast hollow sets. Yummy.


Jasper takes the hill. Looks so much like Del Mar 33 years ago.

We loaded up the car and headed straight from Santa Cruz to the McInnis Skatepark in northern San Rafael. Joel and crew met us there so Elijah, Lucas, Lila, got their first taste of Jasper's favorite skatepark. Elijah and Jasper really challenge each other, Jasper went down a big drop he had been avoiding. Then we headed off to my friend Andrew's son Jeremy's eighth birthday. They hired the Lego birthday crew to come in and supply guidance and cool pieces. Silas and I worked on a double motorized tractor. The Lego guy like Silas' enough to not disassemble it and take it back to show his colleagues as an example.

The birthday skate crew. Silas' chose the parts for the black board.

We gave Jeremy a skateboard for his Birthday. Silas picked out all the pieces, the deck the trucks and the wheels. This, of course, lead to a major skate session in front of Jeremy's house at the end of the party. Silas got bolder and bolder butt skating from higher and higher up the hill, and Jasper enjoyed being the best skater there (besides DaDa he said). Got home with a car full of stinky boys, wet clothes, wet wetsuits, and tired boys, all three of us. A good weekend.

Silas with deck and skate shoes heading back up for another run

P.S. They opened our beach today, we can surf at home again, we may actually survive Thanksgiving.