The summer heatwave rages on. If you're reading this now, you're slaving over a hot computer, which is no relief from the heat. Wouldn't you rather be swimming right now? If a tub, a pool, or the Pacific Ocean is not available to you right now, just imagine joining me in the Aloha State.
Let's spin the big wheel and see where we land today ...
Two Thousand Three!
One of the many benefits to living on the California coast is the relative ease in visiting Hawaii. It's just a five hour flight from San Francisco. This Wayback Wednesday spotlights a couple of photos from June 21, 2003 at an isolated beach in Oahu. Yes, I had the 'fro grown out again at this time, but as these photos indicate, it's a bit compressed and straighter when wet. Here's a "beach boys" shot with friends Eric, Dixon, Bobby, and Casey.
A life ambition was achieved on this vacation. Those of you with straight hair take for granted that you can knock your head back and flip your hair back too. We curly haired folk just can't do this. But oh, how I've always wanted to, especially as a teenager when the hair flip was an affectation of "cool." Well, with my hair very long, and thoroughly soaked with Pacific Ocean water from submerged swimming, I surfaced, wet hair straight down over my face. Treading the water, I leaned my head forward, snapped my head back, and I did it! For the first time in my life, I experienced the hair flip!
Where else but in San Francisco could there be a race like the Cable Car Chase? Most of the course of this 5.67 mile race follows the cable car route. Cable cars have a top speed of 9.5 miles per hour, so it's easy to keep ahead of the cars. Easy, except for the killer hills, which can be challenging, as you can see in these photos.
