Last Totem of Summer

September 3, 2013

Categories: Half Moon Bay (404), Strange Shrubbery (250)

Tags: bay (197), big (210), body (15), half (128), HMB (327), moon (300), ocean (213), stick (4), surfing (6), swim (12), warm (9)

DMC-TS3

ƒ/10

4.9 mm

1/400

100

The ocean in HMB was the warmest I have ever felt. I swam through the crashing curls for about 40 minutes, and did not feel cold at the end. Strange.

Then a certain boy figured out how we could erect a certain memento to the end of summer…

5 responses to “Last Totem of Summer”

jurvetson

Sep 3, 2013 at 10:41 pm

Pile driver

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jitze

Sep 3, 2013 at 10:52 pm

Don’t tell me… you strap a rocket engine to that sucker, let her fly and come back ballistic. Right?

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jurvetson

Sep 4, 2013 at 5:45 am

Yes, they often come back as lawn darts… We sent one into the beach just a few hours prior… =)

And here is the canonical form in the Black Rock Desert, once the burners leave…

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RRNeal

Sep 4, 2013 at 12:46 pm

impressive feat given the size of the log, water currents, etc.

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jurvetson

Sep 4, 2013 at 10:41 pm

Yes, I tried it heavy-side down, with a wiggle into the sand, and it was his idea that the pointy-side would work better despite the top-heavy posture.

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