Week One in Cali

Here are a handful of pics I grabbed this week:

The drive to Southern California was both beautiful....

...and typical.

My local surf break has it all: close parking, rip current for easy access to the outside, a pier for people watching when waiting for the next set (and for watching the true rippers "shoot the pier" which essentially means hurling yourself down a wave on a surfboard toward and through the concrete girders of the pier.), friendly locals that accompany me in the water late into the evening, and a lively apres surf scene with bustling restaurants, bars and a farmer's market on the street 2o yards from the beach.

The morning view from the kitchen as I eat my banana have been nothing less than spectacular. You gotta click on this pic for better detail:

I am not the only one who commutes with a surfboard:

No photos available from the clinic, but imagine if you will, me in a white coat with salt water in my ears, running around a small clinic in a big hospital attempting to eliminate disease, one lipid panel at a time.