::pipeline::

So here we are today at the Pipeline in Hawaii.




Look at that barrel! Too bad you'd have to be the size of a kitten to surf on those waves. They looked perfect today.
So obviously we weren't in Hawaii today. This is what the Pipeline actually looks like:

(photo from Mauro Ladu's flickr stream)











Good thing Max doesn't care where we are!


We visited a new beach today and it was so fun. It had smallish but nice waves, with good barrels as you can see--not like that matters. But they were great boogie boarding waves for Max because they weren't too big when they broke.
I was afraid it was going to be a little too cool for the beach today, but it was so nice. The sun was bright and warm, and the water was cold, but not too cold. When we were in the shade it was nice and cool because of the good air temperature. I'm so glad we went.
Also, the beaches out here tend to be very very crowded. At least all of the ones we've visited this summer have been.

This one wasn't really very crowded at all. We had room to move, and I could actually lie on a towel and keep an eye on Max in the water because there weren't a thousand other people out there. On the other beaches I just can't keep track of him from any distance, short or long because there are so many other people around.

We had a great time. Max got really cold in the water, but the sun warmed him up pretty quickly.





Too bad there are only a few weeks left before it will really be too cold to go beaching.
Max starts school next friday too, so that'll put a cramp in our style. Fall is coming! Good thing we've had a great summer so far.