And Then There Were Two

Yay for almost being back on schedule.

Yesterday Susan, Linz, and I headed to the beach for Linz's last day in San Diego. We decided to rent some surf boards one last time and caught some waves for an hour or so. I did much better this time around, and Linz picked up right where she left off, catching waves and riding them in. A couple times we tried to catch a buddy wave, and it usually ended in one of two ways, 1) I wiped out, or 2) We both wiped out.

Beyond that, we didn't do too much on the beach. We also made sure to do some final photo shoots on the beach. The waves were pretty sweet once again and I was sure to take advantage of them. I caught some good waves, and got pretty tired being thrown around in the ocean and diving through some big swells.

We ended the day with what we knew would be a great dinner, Phils BBQ. It was just as good as the last time, and there was a 30 minute line at 6:30 on a Thursday! We couldn't believe it. But anyway, we had a really good meal.

Today Susan and I visited La Jolla again to go kayaking around the caves in La Jolla Cove. It said we would "explore the caves," but that wasn't exactly what happened. Being in a two person kayak, it took us some time to figure out how to get the kayak going in a relative straight line as we made our way around, and frequently ended with hits into strangers or being hit by them. We got to look into the little caves, but didn't get to go kayaking through them, so that was unfortunate.

The coolest part of the tour was seeing leopard sharks on our way back into shore. There were a whole bunch of them right under the kayaks and you could see them swimming this way and that. After the tour ended, we grabbed some lunch and went down to La Jolla Cove to see some seals. Unfortunately, there were only two seals floating around in the cove and we only spotted them every couple of minutes.

Linz left us today to head back to Massachusetts for a couple weeks before moving to Minneapolis. We were all sad to see her go. It had been a lot of fun hanging out with her again the past two plus weeks, reminding me of days at school again. Depending on when we get back East we might see her again before she heads to Minnesota, else I'm sure we will see her again soon, if not at Homecoming to say the least. Have a safe trip home, Linz. We miss you.

The weather here has been scorching, even by SoCal standards. It has been in the 90s the past couple days, so hopefully it'll break soon. Susan and I are starting to plan our trip home, and it looks like it's going to be a looong one. We are starting out going north on the Cali Coast, spending some time up North and seeing the Redwoods. The complicated part is trying to get from the San Francisco area to the Grand Canyon without completely double-backing through Cali like Google Maps wants us to.

Any suggestions on paths and way points are encouraged.