Ward Avenue

"Act like a horse. Be dumb.  Just run." --  Jumbo Elliot

It was a very pretty morning.  Driving over the bridge, there was a beautiful rainbow due west, very stormy looking ocean and a heavy shower offshore.  Didn't know for sure which way the shower was headed, hopefully not our way.  By the time we got to Ward Avenue, the shower had gone south of us, it was a nice 49 degrees with just a light breeze.

J. Loomis

John was out early and got a couple of beautiful pictures, accurately depicting  the morning.  Thank you  John!

J. Loomis photo

It was nice to have Janis return.  She last ran with us maybe a year ago.  Thanks too, Melissa, for bringing your daughter, Sonia.  My, how fast they grow up!  Also present this morning: Nancy T., Roger, John, Toni, Joe, Geri, Nichole, Katie, Donna, Greg, Gay, Mark, Nancy and Tom (17).  Some cars arrived with just 10 seconds to go so if I missed someone, that's my alibi.  If I missed you and you were plenty early, my humblest apology.

Along the beach, below the last high tide line, were thousands of jellyfish or sea jellies.  Not the small "Purple Sailors" which are common but the larger kind that we normally associate with the term.  I guess the stormy weather and ocean weren't going the right direction for them.  The ever present sand dollars were along the high tide line before the most recent.  Confused?

The ocean, the clouds and the rising sun, were all beautiful.   There were six lines of surf breaking.  The rising sun really lit up the surf and foam.  The hills had dark shadows and our shadows, going out into the water, made us look about a hundred feet tall.


NEXT SUNDAY,  NOV. 2ND @ 8:00 A.M. STD. TIME:  BIG RIVER, see "Our Routes" above.  Also, remember your mosquito repellant if it is a 50 degree or so morning.

EVERY TUESDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: RUSSIAN GULCH STATE PARK, beginning on Point Cabrillo Drive, 1/10 of a mile north of its south end.

EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, beginning at the beach.