California

That was a good time in California! Yesterday Julius wanted to expend some energy before his flight to London, so we went for a beach run that ended by running up the trails on the hills seaming the beach. It was insanely beautiful there. Torrey Pines! In some ways it reminded me of southern France. Ocean, beach, the sandstone cliffs, surrounding hills covered in brush. Just great! I even found a diamondback rattlesnake. Apparently the young ones are even more dangerous than the older ones, since they cannot yet precisely control how much venom to release. We watched it for a while, then it hid under some brushes. Later we stuffed ourselves with Mexican food and went to another place that was full of cormorants, seagulls, pelicans, and sea lions. Those are quite funny guys, arrogantly sticking up their noses, making their noises and just lying in the sun, fat and lazy. I wonder how they managed to climb some of the rocks they were lying on. On land they're not the most adept and elegant creatures, after all. Later the all-nightly jacuzzi session followed until we felt like the resident lobsters. Then I went to bed for my early morning flight back to Dallas. Back to motorcycling!