Pretty good sound track here.. :) NGC

[Chuck in Indiana]

It mostly drowns out the incessant drumming of "civilization."   
2019-04-08_02-57-10 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr
Sat there for some time. Saw some dolphins fishing in the surf. I'm not sure anyone else noticed, or cared.
The "flying rats"  slope soar back and forth on the lift from the on shore breeze.
2019-04-08_02-57-31 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr
Hard to get a picture of them on my sell fone, but they would get quite close. These guys know how to aviate. Pretty relaxing afternoon.

[oldbike54]

 That young lady in the picture appears to be very tall 

 Dusty

[Guzzi Gal]

The coast is my native environment.  I'm not exactly sure how I ended up in a landlocked state.

[RinkRat II]

      AAAHHHHHH The Esplanade,and my misspent youth

          Paul B

[pebra]

Which Costa? Or a Côte? Or just a Beach? 

[twowings]

Chuck, have you taken up surfing?? You're beginning to sound like a beach bum...

[Chuck in Indiana]

Which Costa? Or a Côte? Or just a Beach? 

Redondo Beach..

[Lannis]

These guys know how to aviate. Pretty relaxing afternoon.

They do.   I love to sit out on the deck on an ocean front Carolina beach house, with an onshore wind blowing straight in, 90 deg to the beach ...

... and the gulls and pelicans are gliding straight up and down the beach, without moving their wings, in BOTH directions ....

Lannis

[Chuck in Indiana]

They do.   I love to sit out on the deck on an ocean front Carolina beach house, with an onshore wind blowing straight in, 90 deg to the beach ...

... and the gulls and pelicans are gliding straight up and down the beach, without moving their wings, in BOTH directions ....

Lannis

Yep. They have that aviating thing figured out.  The wind is really humming tonight. I was planning a trip to SF and back, and my aviation app said 40 knot gusts along the coast. I'll leave in the morning,  stay inland going up, and ride the coast the next day or two after the front passes.