Archive for August 14th, 2009

2009.08.14

Poor Dead Seal

I’ve had this past week off and have been trying to fill the days with something more interesting than sitting on my butt dorking around on the computer. To that end I rode the motorcycle down to my old workplace to visit friends there on Tuesday and on Wednesday I took the curvy smooth Coastal Highway up to Bolinas. It was a great ride made much better by the fact that the roads were mostly clear of traffic.

I haven’t been up to Bolinas in a long time. I didn’t have my surf stuff with me (hard to strap a nine foot surf board to a motorcycle) I really wanted to get in. Maybe this weekend. Instead I took a walk along the beach and was going to go sit on what I thought was a log and watch the surfers. It wasn’t a log, though. I have no idea what killed the poor seal as aside from the seaweed conspicuously around its neck (but loose) there was no obvious cause.

Still, what a great day. The only thing that could have made it better is if I weren’t out alone. It’s hard to have time off and not be able to spend it with RMCA.