San Diego, CA

Well it has been a week since my last post, so for everyone out there who has not read or even heard of my post, I apologize. (that was joke).

For the Past week I have been in San Diego, CA, specifically the Del Mar area. After arriving monday night, I spent tuesday in the ocean reliving childhood memories of bogey boarding. It was great. At night Herm's son, Michael, and I went to the Del Mar fair to see the GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD. Of course I am talking about switchfoot. We arrived two hours early only to find a line of 200 people in front of us. The die hard fan that I was went out scouting the line of 200 and found an awesome guy who let Michael and I jump in line with him. At around 6:30 p.m. the gates opened up and we got practically front row center stage. After an hour and a half wait, Switchfoot came out opening up with "Oh gravity". The show was ABSOLUTELY amazing!!! I don't know what my favorite song was, they were all great.

After the concert I bought a t-shirt ( i think my 4th or 5th T-shirt), and also a Poster. While purchasing the merchandise I asked the woman if the band was going to play an coffee shops after the show. Switchfoot is know for playing a concert and then going to a local coffee shop that they spotted in town to play an acoustic set of some classics. While she told me they would not be doing this, she did mention that they would be out later to sign.

After waiting for an hour and a half, one by one the band members finally arrived. First came Jerome, then Chad, Jon, and finally Tim. Because I was with a friend who had been more than patient, I did not wait around for Drew, the back-up guitar player. All four members were extremely nice and talked with me for a few minutes.

After such an amazing concert the rest of the week could have bombed and I still would have had a smile on my face. But sure enough the next morning I set a PR in the 10K running 38 min flat and finishing 7th in the 18-24 age division. Herm did great too running a little over 44 min. and shaving off 4 minutes from last year.

The rest of the week was spent running, biking, and surfing. Although I did not get to see an outrageously gorgeous California girl like the beach boys had promised, I did see a fair amount of beautiful women. All in all, it was a great trip.

Until next time. Carpe Diem