Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Beach Therapy



My favorite thing about California has got to be the ocean. Growing up, our family would go camping every summer at Carpenteria State Beach. We’d drive the ol’ motor home down to the beach, park it into the camping spot and set up camp for the week. Those were good times. Some of my favorite childhood memories come those times. There were what seemed unlimitless fun things to do there as a child: putting pennies on the railroad tracks for the train to squash, waking up early in the morning to wade about in the tide pools to inspect all the little creatures, me and my brothers and cousins riding our bikes into town to go blow all of our money at the candy shop…so fun! I visited Carpenteria last weekend to get away and reflect. I stayed at my dad’s condo and enjoyed every second. It was very nostalgic. I would walk around and different childhood memories kept flashing in my mind.
What a beautiful beach too. I really did spend most of my time admiring the how good looking and beautiful it is there. It’s the wind, the sound of the waves, the sweet smell in the air, the sand granules that get everywhere, the deep blues and all the little things that make it such an experience. One evening, I grabbed my guitar and went out to the ocean. I sat on this old abandoned lifeguard station, strumming my guitar as Iwatched the sun perform its colorful finale (and I took a picture of it, look above.) Amazing! If you have not seen a California Pacific Ocean sunset, I suggest you do in your lifetime.
This weekend was my downtime weekend, time to get away and relax and repair. I truly believe there is no better therapy than beach therapy!

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