Santa Monica

Went to Santa Monica Beach yesterday. It is very strange how they give 3 weather forecasts here. One for the beach, one for the valley, and one for the hills. It is a good thing they do it though because the weather, especially the temperature, is very different. My brother, the one that flies airplanes, says there is also a difference in visibility due to the marine layer that creeps a little bit inland too. His daughter used to live in Santa Monica and he says he usually had to use the instrument approach whereas Burbank is usually clear.

The weather was great and the kids loved the ocean. They all logged several hours in the water. Towards evening we walked the Santa Monica Pier looking at more junk for sale and riding the roller coaster. The call it the West Coaster which is appropriate because it is probably about as far west as you can get since it is on the pier. No one got too sun burned so it was all good. Dave says he comes here maybe once a year or so which is a crime.

My older brother bought us lunch at Bubba Gump Shrimp's on the pier which was really nice of him considering it was his birthday. To pay him back for the kindness one of his daughters told the waiter it was his birthday so they were able to embarrass him in front of everyone. Oh the love of a daughter.