This is one of those mornings when I just feel incredibly lucky.
I woke up early and made my way down to the beach. Not much for waves anywhere that I saw, but it was so nice out that I couldn't say no. I had a terrific time, even though I'm a complete donkey. I caught a couple of waves and realized I've never caught a wave that didn't put a smile on my face. Lucky, or just perspective? I've also never had a surf session that didn't make me feel better after than before.
Water is warm, air is warm, hardly a cloud in the sky. I got in early enough and out early enough that I could walk on an almost empty beach afterward, watching the shells collect in the pools of water left behind in sandy troughs.
I feel lucky to be alive, to be me, to have the opportunity to surf and enjoy everything life has to offer. Nothing puts that more into perspective than going out and paddling into the ocean. It does it every single time.
Speaking of lucky, I had a dream last night that a catastrophic 10.2 earthquake was about to hit California. I woke up panicked. Just a dream - lucky indeed.
1 comments:
Don't worry about the 10.2 earthquake...the San Andreas fault isn't long enough to generate an earthquake that big. See, in order to get an earthquake that big, you'd have to rupture over 600 kilometers of fault. Lucky for us, there's a creeping zone in the middle of the San Andreas up by Parkfield, which is about 150 miles long. It doesn't move like a regular fault in earthquakes, but instead just kinda quietly slides past the other side, veeeeeery slowly. It's definitely the more laid back part of the San Andreas. Of course, it goes back to normal up by the Bay Area, but then it's their problem.
Sooooo...you have nothing to worry about. The biggest earthquake we could have on the San Andreas (albeit theoretically; that's my scientific caveat here!) is only about a 9.0 or so. That should be reassuring.
Nothing like a geologist to make your day a little less stressful! Well, and to dork up your blog too... =)
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