Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Crazy people on the beach



There's a cruise ship in the Avalon harbor today. Usually this one isn't here on Wednesdays but because of the bad weather (we had a big winter storm on Monday), the Monday ship - the Carnival Elation - came in for the very first time on Tuesday. And the Tuesday ship, the Carnival Paradise, came in today.

The ship must have passengers from someplace cold and snowy like Alaska, Iceland or Maine. There are a couple of kids in swimsuits frolicking on the beach. It's 54 degrees at our place!!! No ice on the shoreline, but the water temp has to be less than 60 degrees. Those people must be crazy.

The truth is, I would have been down there on the beach with those kids when we first moved here. But I've adjusted to the warm California weather. Call me surfer dude. I won't even think about sticking a toe in the water until it warms up a bit in July. For right now, we're suffering through a cold spell. Brrrrrrrr!

When the cruise ship is in port, some brave souls always sign up to go para-sailing. Their parachute is a bright, rainbow-colored thing, and it's looks great against the snow-capped peaks in the distance. And I bet once they're up there they have a fantastic view of both the Catalina and mainland coastlines!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Danny is in the Bahamas, and at this moment is on the roof of a hotel, photographing a cruise ship. It was cloudy this morning, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it cleared! Laurie

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