Monday, September 27, 2010

Let it ROT!!!


Using power tools, the usual.

It's coming together!

Went ahead and harvested some carrots. Real carrots, dirt and all.

Finish product!

Starting it out with my failed freckle lettuce.
This past weekend Matt and I took on the endeavor of building a compost. We needed to put our food waste to good use and my garden needs some extra love. We wanted to make it as simply and cheaply as possible so we used lattice fencing and some scrape wood from out back. Matt did most of the work, but he taught me to use some power tools and I pitched in!!!

weekend stuff

fiery morning driving to huntington this morning- pretty awesome to start the day with this

concave nose up front
new board! got a 9' noserider on friday evening and tried it out a few times already. really stoked on it

dean torrance from jan and dean! free concert in HB this weekend. pumped!

birds, sunset, oil rigs...

a few things from the weekend, more to come from maher...

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Eagle Rock Hike


edge of eagle rock-if you squint, you can see the two people sitting up top for a reference
eagle rock- looks like an eagle about to take off

view from up top looking towards the ocean


bob and us, eagle rock in the background

Went up to Topanga Canyon for a hike in the morning. We read about the Eagle Rock hike and picked it-it's about 6 miles roundtrip with somewhat of a loop so you're not completely retracing your steps the whole time, which is nice. we started out at 7:30, after finding free parking ont eh street ($10 to park in the state park lot), and started hiking. the beginning of hte trail is uphill, but it's nice cuz you're gonna end going down. while heading up we saw a few deer, and then started chatting with an older guy named Bob. He told us his usual hiking partner is out of town, so he went ahead and came along with us for the remaining 5 miles or so, ha. he told us his life story, and a few other's life stories, and then he told us alot about the trail bc he walks this one about 3-4 times a week, so yea, he kept us company, and vice versa.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Dawn Patrol

Great way to start the day
Underside

Top side

Dawn patrol with Preston, Marilyn, and Neil this morning! pretty morning, but waves were just eh. finished up neil's handboard last night and got to give it to him this morning

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Bridge to Nowhere Hike

Big horn up close! Eyeing us hard

spot to take a dip in
nap time in the shade!
standing tall up there

rock jump of that guy into the pool - video down below
bridge to nowhere
pretty awesome scenery, even in the desert
gittin wet!
another hole to jump in
dinosaur plants
the homies!
hikin

Hiked the bridge to nowhere hike in Azusa yesterday-pretty awesome hike with a good destination. you hike along a fork of the san gabriel river the whole way (4.5 mi on way) and criss cross it about 5 or 6 times. feet get wet and there's plenty of spots to just get your whole body in if you wanna cool off which was awesome! it was about 80° out when we were there so it felt amazing. you get to the bridge which is crazy that it's out there, and if you hike to the water right there, there's a couple rocks to jump off into one area. the biggest is about 10 feet, adn the water was about 6 or 7 feet deep so you're fine. it's an awesome break down there by teh water to hang out and relax. we saw a bunch of big horned sheep up on the hill while hanging out here too which is insane. definately wanna go back to do this one with sandals and swim gear, and more water!

Friday, September 3, 2010

Foggy morning

hard to see it, but one just dove in just to the right of the one in the air, you can see his splash
dinosaurs

headin in
went out this morning to the northside of HB pier. super foggy- couldn't see the waves out back even when i was right at the edge of the water about to get in. fun morning though!