Looks much better this morning, still size out there, but starting to clean up. AM NW 8ft @ 10 sec's, dropping to NW 4ft tonight with N winds. Sat. am, SW4ft @ 16 sec's.....W NE Lt winds. Sunday, W 4ft with N winds..... Mon. W5ft with SW winds, Tuesday!: SW 11ft with S winds.... sounds like a trip to the cove will be in order! Weekend at shorty's looking good..... all this naming spots..... this will surely piss off some.... oh well..... all these "secret spots"..... have a great weekend!!! Will no doubt see some of you in the water........

Not a bad morning to have to work..... didn't miss a thing! Big and Nasty.... W 10-12ft with SW winds today.... take a pass today! Friday starts to shape up, starts off NW 8@ 9 sec's with NE winds, then drops in the afternoon to W 6ft @ 9sec's..... Sat. through Monday look like we will be back to some damn fun waist to chest high surf.... with some south winds!! W/NW 4-5ft with S winds on Sat. and Monday.

Today was the first day that we had rain most of the day..... Rick and his crew still got some of the siding done on the first floor...... Papa John got a couple of his "corbels" (sp?) mounted on the corners..... Tony ( our son in law) got the electrical inspection approved. So, looks like the insulation goes in on Thursday, Ray Prom is supposed to start the final bit of concrete work, and they deliver the drywall on Friday....... The fireplace up stairs should be in by Friday as well. John - Coaster Construction had to take off to help his daughter Julie "The Bird" move to U of O today..... she has worked for us for over 6 years...... My major league compliments to all..... even the city guys showed up today to fix a few problems, and offer to have the sidewalk fixed, and not at our cost! I keep saying that this has gone so smooth....... guess we are just "blessed"..... hope it continues!!

Bird finally got her new board last night.... Fedex delivered late, but not late enough so that she wasn't able to get it out..... She said she loves it! Too bad the surf didn't cooperate this morning, would have liked to see her get a second session before she went off to U of O..... hopefully she will be back for her birthday in Oct., and the surf will better!

Got a late start this morning, checked Indian, but the S winds were already on it..... one guy out..... 2 guys in the parking lot..... so, Bird and I went over to the cove, at first, almost flat, but as we were there, started picking up, but so did the winds.... 3 guys out, most waves closing out and hitting the bar pretty hard..... damn cold wind too! But at least the old guys at the cove got to give their best to the Bird before she heads off to school today. She got her new board last night, the Linden order showed up, so she was able to get a session in on her new 7'....... Got the boards in for Brogan and Travis as well. And one new one for the shop, that is beyond belief!! Today, W 3ft am, building to W 7-9ft with S / SW winds 25-30 mph.... Thursday picking up to W 11 @ 12 sec's with SW winds....... will go over to the cove late morning on Thursday.... Friday supposed to drop to NW8ft, then the weekend looks like W 5-6ft with S winds......

Got out for a quick session, had about an hour, got about 7 waves, came in..... good group in the water, lots of smiles...... fast waist to chest high nuggets...... glad I went!

I had to forward this one...... > > > > > > Subject: Fwd: They Were Soldiers > > > > > > > Ed Freeman > > > > You're an 18 or 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and > dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965. LZ Xray , > Vietnam . Your Infantry Unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy > fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own > Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop > coming in. > > You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you > know you're not getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the > world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the > world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. > > Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a > helicopter, and you look up to see a Huey, but it doesn't seem real, > because no Medi-Vac markings are on it. > > Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his > job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after > the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come. > > He's coming anyway. > > And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they > load 2 or 3 of you on board. > > Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and > Nurses. > > And, he kept coming back...... 13 more times..... and took about 30 > of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out. > > Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died last Wednesday at the age > of 80, inBoise , ID ......May God rest his soul..... > > > > Aloha e Mahalo > > > >

took the shots early, damn delivery day at the market , so I won't get in the water till mid morning.... but, it is cold this morning, so this might be a good thing..... High tide at 8:40a...... good for me! W5ft with am NE Light winds, turning NW later in the day. Wed. AM W 4ft @ 10 sec's, building to W 7ft later in the day, with S winds.... cove might be fun..... Thursday, W 9-11ft with SW winds.... Sandy will no doubt be a happy camper! Friday, still big, NW9ft with N winds.... Sat., W5ft with N winds...... good for my early morning outing.... Hopefully the Bird will get some waves today, as she leaves for the U of O on Wed., Paloma is already in Seattle at Seattle U. (and she is missed!), Micah leaves on Thursday for the U of O... So, some of "our kids" will be MIA until the holidays.....

Wow... another day of unbelievable progress...... all the window and doors are in, the new front door on the old building was put in as well.... roofers finished up, Tony is planning on getting the final electrical inspection on Wed. . John is planning on having the cedar shake siding started on Wed. as well...... Amazing!! And, rained early, but the sun has been out all day!

No, didn't get out for a 2nd session, but Samoan Eric and Arnold stopped by later this morning, and decided the front of the shop needed their attention..... that and some terminal gravity..... they are talking about going out again after 5p....... uh uh.......