Summer ends, fall begins

The weekend brought a heat wave, calm winds and some fun summer swell for bodysurfing. I fortunately was able bodysurf Saturday morning with my neighbor Connor and then again Sunday afternoon when Mia and I met up with her dad in Laguna Beach. As a surfer of about 12 years, there is something special about the feeling of dry Santa Ana winds, thinner crowds, and crisp, clean waves. Day time this weekend was great, the major bummer what when the hotel they're still building opened up their doors to a private party on Saturday night. 

This is taken from the cockpit. It looked like a police helicopter was shining a spotlight on the boats. I needed to lay towels over the port lights to try to darken the cabin.  "It's only going to get worse" everyone keeps saying. 

I have not yet gotten over how awful the marina just got, due to the Redondo Beach Shade Hotel. I think I lost my last sliver of hope that it could be good for the area...But I don't think my blog is any appropriate place to complain about my first impressions. They aren't even finished with construction but they're desperate for money so they hosted a very loud, very bright, party on Saturday night. The community in the marina is furious about this monster nuisance, but the fact is that liveaboards complaints are not even a drop in the bucket full of money the city will collect from the hotel when it becomes gainfully operating. Unfortunately after four years in this current marina, the only thing we can do to regain peace and quiet is look to move to an open slip in other marinas. 

The Shade Hotel running a constant flow flow of fresh, precious, valuable, scarce California water out of a hose across a pathway straight into the ocean. All day, all night.