The first two weeks in SoCal have been pretty good. Work is interesting although I can’t really talk about what I do anymore. I can say that I work on badass stuff though.
This weekend a couple friends (Jesi and Sondy) and I went out to Malibu where Sondy’s grandfather lives (he was the Snoopy animator, a B-50 test pilot, and many other crazy things. his neighbors are Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, and Pamela Anderson. He’s 95 and likes to have two martinis per day.) to do some SCUBA diving. We managed to get all of one dive in before the surf got too high for our liking. We COULD have done some dives but in reality it was just too much surf for us to have fun. Who wants to get their gear full of sand?
We checked the conditions all the way from the Ventura county line to Longbeach. Nothing that we wanted to dive for fun. All of the lakes and reservoirs within a two hour drive are either private, restricted access, or so polluted and nasty that we’d probably die if we touched the water. For the next dive trip we’re looking at either taking a dive charter around Catalina, going to San Diego, going to Monterey, or out to Lake Mead. If the weather is rough there just aren’t any alternative dive sites in this part of California.
Currently I’m sitting in my dorm room trying to stay cool. It’s about 95 degrees outside. At least my SCUBA gear is drying fast!
Next weekend I have four days off. I need something to do. Death Valley is probably going to be too hot even for me. Anyone have any ideas of awesome things to do for four days in the California/Nevada/Arizona area?
Pictures of the last week or two of activities (including our one dive) later!