Goodbye San Diego
It is a sad day as we prepare to leave San Diego, as we pack
from scratch, say our last good byes, do our washing, relive the memories as we
put up our photo’s and write this journal. We have had an amazing time here, it
is a beautiful city with beautiful people. I am not just talking about the
bikini clad spring breakers either. The group of people who we have had the
pleasure of staying and hanging out with have all been fantastic, we have had some great laughs
and will definitely miss the crew, namely Matt, Pat, Jenni and Chaz…you made this time
epic. Especially Matt with his generosity in hosting us, showing us around his
home town, giving me a few waves and putting up with our cooking. You are
welcome to call on me wherever mate.
We have had an awesome routine while being here in SD, days
of waking up to 2 coffee’s, cranking Modern Collective (surf vid with best
soundtrack), going surfing, lunch, going surfing again. Then every few days we
would do something out there like the following:
The Flow rider: Standing wave, hard to get the hang of but
so fun and enjoy the beers and the sun afterwards.
The tour of the midway aircraft carrier, Matts dad is a
guide and gave me and Thorny the works on a private tour, making watching Top
Gun again all that more special.
The San Diego zoo, getting sooo tired walking around to see
animals sleeping, pretty sure they lie about having a kiwi in the dark room,
but the panther, turantula and panda’s were cool.
Sailing on Matt’s family boat around the harbour was a cool
day. And the bbq we had with his family at their Coronado home. Epic ribs
thanks Cathy.
The surf trip to blacks with pat was cool, got some sweet
peaks and the trek in was awesome.
The Beach day with the whole gang at windansea with a chilly
of beers, boards and babes.
Playing frisbee golf, and almost beating Pat...lost by one damn it.
We also had some fun nights out in Downtown San Diego and
Pacific beach, they were all fun especially when Phill Hall was around, there
were some funny stories and great laughs.
This place, even though we were here in winter/spring had blue
skies temps in the mid 20’s. The homes along the cliffs and beach suburbs are
epic and it is definitely a place I could live. The Navy presence is huge with
all sorts of fuel burning contraptions flying and zooming around, aswell and
the Jar head navy boys. There was this one surf one evening where the waves
were glassy and fun, I was out with thorny pat and Matt, and I saw all of the
following out there: 3 mates, 40 Pelicans diving, 2-3 Pods of dolphins, a seal,
15 civilian planes/choppers, 4 navy choppers, some fish jumping, an epic
sunset….and then I walked 5 mins back to Matts apartment. It is a pretty
magical place and I am sure I will return one day, and look forward to hosting
my friends from here if they are ever in NZ or wherever I may settle.
But for now I need to get back to Packing, I am half way
thru, I will finish putting my photo’s up shortly and then we are heading
downtown to get the train to LAX where we have a long flight via Florida to
Costa Rica. There we will make our
way to the coast first Hermosa, to surf, see the jungle, learn Spanish, and
take in a new culture. 8 Days there then to Columbia. Will update when I can…..
Love Ace
