Saturday, January 23, 2010

Saturday scenes and scenery:
Ocean Beach, San Francisco

Two weeks ago, on a morning that drew out the surfers, the ocean looked like this. This is cold California; they wear wetsuits.
surf-at-beach.jpg

This past week, at a rare interval between squalls, the ocean looked more like this.
roiled-ocean.jpg

Or this.
high-tide.jpg

I took that last one from the edge of the southbound lane of the Great Highway between Sloat Blvd. and Fort Funston, a stretch of road that has since been closed until further notice because the ocean is undermining it.

Ah, an El Niño winter. Less than an hour later I was caught out running in a windwhipped thundersquall.

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