ASTRON ON THE STREETS

We hit the streets and sand again today after taking the weekend off to observe our first storm in about 5 months. 

Lake Cuyamaca, east of us about 50 miles, reported 3.5" of RAIN plus extremely high WINDS. We had less rain, but plenty of wind.

This morning the surf is all blown out and it's a bit chilly, so we are wearing fleece and my wife dug out her goofy knitted cap. 

The Astron watch is one of my favorites, and it's a high-accuracy watch commemorating the first-ever quartz watch. It's got a ceramic and titanium case and is accurate to about 10 seconds a year! Yes, in a year.



We seem to be the only ones out on this Monday morning.



Moving to the bay side of the peninsula, we found the same conditions - windy, sunny and cool.



Not much action here. 



What is happening is a total breakdown of the customary, polite, danger-averting, polite cry of "behind on your left" or other such exchange. 

Now they (bikes, scooters and skaters) zoom past at high speed with little warning or clearance.
When I first sensed this skater coming, I glanced back to see if it was my pal Brian, as he is well known around here, but no, it's actually a husky woman skater.

Not all the hippies are gone from this part of town, evidenced by painted utility boxes. But the new money houses are painted vibrantly.

In the old money section we saw a Mercedes-Benz 500 CL parked next to a wooden shack that (apparently) was not upgraded since the 1920s.



A risk-taking Michelin fan chooses street parking for his bike? Perhaps not voluntarily.



It's calm by the water, as you see here.

But up near the grass two policemen and a fireman are gently coaxing a quivering homeless guy down from a bad "trip" (it used to be they only had to rescue kittens from trees). We saw nothing to object to, and everything to appreciate with these men and women in blue.

However a group of maniacal exercising women in Lycra were shaking their legs and booties at everyone (perhaps the reason for his bad trip?)

Life in 2020!