after the run, most of the bridge gang grabbed a gourmet breakfast to refuel. that poor little diner didn’t know what hit it when we walked in.  i think we took about half their tables. 

the gang from red's end of the table

the gang from panda's end of the table

clicky for the rest of the pix…  

tat showing off her minnie mouse bow and new growth 'stache with hitler x in the background

bunny-cat tat

french 'stache faith

after breakfast, we all parted ways to go home and get changed and grab our respective beach toys.  we then met up at the state beach just down the way from our building.  not long after we got there, this military pilot decided to be a hot-shot and fly his chinook between two condos.  sadly, i couldn’t read the “how’s my driving call 1-800-…” sticker from where we were to report his idiocy. 

bad, bad pilot!

between the kayaks and the surfboards (and the beach towels!) there was plenty for everyone to do.

hubby 'yak surfing

mello watches with fatherly pride as faith catches a wave

mello finishes his ride while faith scopes out her next wave

go hubby, go!

mello hangin ten

faith and train

red riding a wave

panda and nightingale getting wet

manly o'neil riding tat's big pink board

yoda making it look so easy

manly stretch holding down yoda's pink board

nightingale and i holding down the towels

it really was a great day.  we had a great run, a yummy breakfast, and an awesome time playing on the beach.  after a few hours, we all parted ways.  hubby and i came home to clean up and relax for a few hours and then we went back out to meet up with mello, nightingale, train, and panda for the billfish invitational.  i didn’t really get the event but i had a good time being social.  even if my leg was already killing me from the run.  we even heard that emeril lagasse participated in the tournament.  it would have been kinda cool to see his weigh-in.  i’ll bet he was all *BAM* when they announced his haul.