It’s officially the middle of winter ,but honestly it feels like the beginning of Spring . The temperature has hovered around 24 degrees Celsius for the last 2 days , today it will be cooler for The Super Bowl ,down to 20. 
The beaches were busy with families , friends volleyball tournaments and still with a bit of swell thrown in , unfortunately Saturday is my main day for work so I get to see it later . By now you probably get the picture of where we live and what the beach front looks like , but I have to remind you again . The Strand sits 200 meters directly beneath our place along the sand edge .Its a man made concrete path with a 2 feet concrete retaining wall separating the sand from an 4 meter wide path which borders along the edge of some the most expensive realestate in the United States . The Strand runs from the edge of Manhattan Beach to the North and at the border of Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach to the South , I’m not sure how long that is but I’d say it’s 5 or6 kms of prime realestate .
I got home after work and I knew I needed to check the waves . I do what I often do , I walk the 5 minute walk down to the beach to the top of the stairs to my little lookout spot . 
I’m not sure so I decide to walk out onto the sand for a better look . Geezus H Christ ! There’s beach goers everywhere and a disproportionate amount of Gstring style young ladies sunning themselves ……in the middle of winter , god bless ‘m . It’s when I get close to the lifesaving tower I pull my phone out to get a nice beach shot that I notice the lifeguard get out of his tower and stare me out . Shit ,I look at myself and realise I’ve still got my all black uniform on , amongst a crowd of dressed down beach goers and with my phone poised to take a photo with a possibility of the odd beach goers in the shot . Fuck , I think he thinks I’m a bit of a pervert ( he’s pretty accurate ) , I decide to slide the phone back into the pocket and continue to gaze at the waves . Yep , I stood out like dogs balls . But truly you have to believe me that I just wanted a photo for this blog , you should see the beauty of this joint on a warm winters day . I wander back home , deciding that the blocked ears ,headache and probable 14th ear infection since moving here should stay dry . Yeah , I felt sorry for myself .
As the day finishes , dusk descending I head back down to pick up Leroy from the beach . There’s kids getting photos in their formal wear , beautiful people of all ages walking the Strand , house owners sitting on the balconies of their 15 million dollar properties drinking wine and still plenty of crazy joggers and exercise junkies threading through the foot traffic . 
Late afternoon it was beautiful in Hermosa , this is when you want to show your friends from Australia what this place can look like . Last night it was beautiful ………….bring on the Super Bowl …go Chiefs !
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