Day 18 - Bike Around, Bike Around

Energy very very low. I barely squeaked out my exercise this week, but thankfully the new bike saved me on Saturday. Pedaling around, staying present, is a present. I love the soft wind, the lush hills, the lucid flowers, the scuttling geckos across the sidewalk. Everything is so alive. I'm giddy about going slow enough to notice it.

And on Sunday, although staying home and sleeping all day into night enticed, Dave and I and Remy, a friend of ours visiting from Phoenix, loaded up three bikes in my now pristine purple pick-up, and we booked it to Pacific Beach--Remy's old stomping ground. The vibe resonates part college/part tourist/part like totally awesome. I dug it for sure. Lots of funky colorful odd-shaped houses, meandering beach cruisers (yea!), beefy dogs on leashes, ice cream shops, mosiac tile art, and open air bars and living rooms like altars facing the ocean.

All in all, I am feeling more and more at home here. And by home, I mean, like I belong here. Roots down in the ground, Branches reaching into the sky.

Saturday, pics of my neighborhood...

(right outside of my garage :-))

Sunday, Pacific Beach boardwalk...