Slept in.

Drove to Whole Foods. They had killer samples. The best ones were these swirly cookie, chocolate things, and they had a huge container of them. I took more than one.

We bought Macaroni Salad, Cherries and potato chips.

We drove to La Jolla shores, and of course as expected no parking.

We drove up the hill, and made it all the way to the top before we found any parking at all. We then drove down Torrey Pines road, and low and behold! Parking! About a quarter of a mile away from La Jolla Shores Drive, and barely any elevation gain from sea level.

But how to get the mile to the beach?

We had our bicycles!

Loaded em up with all our stuff, got on our helmets and off we rolled.

A stop at Starbucks for an iced coffee for Jorunn.

If you can find Jorunn, you will find a Starbucks close by.

I look amazingly fit if you hold your thumb right over my stomach and squint while you look at this picture.

Then with tons of traffic meandered to the beach, and tried to figure out with the crazy crowds where to park our bicycles without them getting stolen.

We asked a San Diego Police guy where to park, and if they might get stolen. He said we could park by the drunk trailer they had, within the police lines, and that the police might steal them. He was obviously kidding. So we locked our bikes within 3 feet of two cops and we felt very secure.

We ran into Geoff Hasenauer (forgive me for the spelling) known to all around La Jolla as Hoss, the super hero lifeguard, who is my buddy. We caught up on life with him and he complemented me on my bike. By the way, even the cops complemented my bike!

We then hung out on the beach, a little body surfing, a good rinse, and then back on the bikes.

We rode to Roppongi, locked our bikes to the bench out front, and sat on the patio while slurping our way through half priced tapas and sushi, (daily 4-6).

Then back on the bikes, Jorunn picked up another coffee at the living room, and we rolled down to the cove. We set up in one of the little huts overlooking the body surfing spot with an Indian family. We then watched the sun set, and the fire works turn on.

They launch the fireworks within arms reach of where we were sitting ( a slight exageration ) making it the best place in San Diego to watch fireworks. Kaboom! right in your face!

The fireworks are literally so close you can feel the ka-boom! and feel the heat off of them. This is actually a picture of my head on fire after being hit by a flying fireworks.
After the fireworks with the crowds snailing out of La Jolla, we rolled on our bikes back to the car.

A little pool and jacuzzi when we got home, and now settling down to bed.

A damn fine 4th of July.

Saturday night Andy was rapping up a storm at his house party and Kevin got blown away by how talented he was. James Duval who has had many small to medium size movie roles was also at the party. Kevin comes from a small town in Texas and needless to say this was a real hoot!

By the way, Kevin also got his official promotion to be the G.M. of Chipotle in Pacific Beach, perhaps the greatest accomplishment of all!

I think anyone who is thinking of buying a home in San Diego needs to see this.

I personally predicted a big real estate crash 4 years ago because the growth just never seemed sustainable. Although I know in San Diego they are not making any more property, and it is about the best place to live in the world, it still just got out of control.

I am still amazed that the prices are still as high as they are. By the way, I own my condo so I will suffer along with everyone else if the prices drop.

Long term I am sure San Diego real estate prices will climb as they always have, but I really think in the next year or two there will be a big drop.

Either way, this roller coaster animation is facinating. It lets you feel just how big the drops and climbs of the real estate market have been in a far more viceral way than anything I have seen before.

When you get to the very end, make sure to look back at the top of the mountain where you started. You may have to watch it twice to see what I am referring to, but I think it will be worth it for you!

I look forward to hearing from you!

We got there, and it was fabulous with great people, great food, and a fun time. They had a huge inflatable kangaroo in front that the kids were playing with and on. We found a place to set up CAM our chiropractic robot. We found a place where they cleared back to cakes for us to set up. We plugged it in, but it did not seem to work. Someone told us that the reason we were getting no power, was because all the power of the picnic had turned off.

We thought it was a coincidence. Roseanna and I then noticed that the inflatable Kangaroo had kind of died. It was half deflated and bent over at the waist.

A little while later it appeared the power had come back on. We could tell because the Kangaroo was fully filled and erect!

We then plugged in to try again. Roseanna thought she saw the light on our machine turn on, but when I looked it was out. I thought perhaps that the power just did not work on our outlet.

We looked over and saw the kangaroo bent over again. I imediately felt guilty that it was somehow our fault. Just then one of the Australian officers stationed in San Diego, came over and in the politest most positive way that only an Australian could, he said I think your little machine is drawing too much power from the system.

I looked over and saw the poor kangaroo drooped over and realized we had caused his death again. We decided to give up, and get in line for food.

The kangaroo came back to life!

We still had the massage chair up after lunch, and as expected it drew quite a bit of attention. We met quite a few great people who were interested in what we do. It turned out to be a great day to introduce some San Diego Australians to Seaside Chiropractic.

Thanks again to my great friend who invited us, and I am sorry about killing the kangaroo repeatedly.

Also one thing you must know is that if someone says Ausie Ausie Ausie, then you must yell Oi Oi Oi. I don’t quite understand the significance, but it was awfully fun!