Sun glasses, pelicans and surfers.

Up late this morning and it was foggy! Or was it a Marine Layer?

Michael had dropped his Cocoon sunglasses in Ruby's yesterday. I called the restaurant last night and they had found them! Fancy that!! someone actually handed them in and did not just pocket them. A quick drive down to the pier and as we pulled into the $5.00 a day parking lot,  a family was leaving and they very kindly handed their ticket over to us. It is valid until midnight. Probably illegal, but hey, $5.00 is $5.00!!

The fog was lifting and the sun was coming out. Another beautiful day. The waves are still high and there was another batch of photographers out. I took some more pictures on the pier and found these young pelicans on the railing hanging around the bait shop.

....and yes, I did pass our parking ticket on to someone coming in.

Brrrr, low of 3C (37F) tonight. Turn on that electric mattress pad!

Morning crowds on the pier watching the surfers

Young male and young female pelicans

Lots of pink and 1 yellow starfish on the bottom of the pier pylons

Hoping for handouts

Close up

Happy to have his sunglasses back

Surfer

Surf's Up!!

This afternoon we took a drive down to Oceanside Pier. The surf is very high because of a storm out in the Pacific near Japan. There were a lot of people out with cameras taking photos. We walked along the pier watching the surfers catching the big waves. Then we walked to the end of the pier and had an early supper at Ruby's Diner.

The end of the pier against the setting sun

Lots of surf

Swells

Surfer catching a big wave

Oceanside Beach

The sun sinks into the sea

We are now home watching TV and computing.

P.S. We realized soon after we got home that Michael had lost his Cocoon Slim Line Sunglasses . I called Ruby's and yes, they are there. We will be going back to the pier on Saturday morning to pick them. He loves them as they fit right over his glasses and don't look as if he has just had eye surgery.