Skating and surfing in Southen California.

When I arrived to southern  California, it was a great surprise to look at many gardens, full of flowers, well mantained,  with roses and other kind of plants and trees as very high palms, in the near of the ocean. 

On the beach there were many birds specially seagulls, they were everyehere. I could notice that seagulls don't bother people, and people don't bother seagulls.

In some cities, palms are higher than many buildings. Probably they are the typical plants from south of California, some of them are straight, giant, other are bent due to the strength of the wind, but they are always beautiful and awesome.

On the beach, the big seagulls are very quiet at sunset. All of them are placed in big groups, some of them, in a straight line, on the sand, resting and watching the ocean.
In the near, and on the same beach, young men make skating in a skating rink.

If you look around, you can notice the big waves, which arrive exhausted to the shore, but with a big strenght yet. When the sky is grey due to the fog,  the ocean is also grey, like the seagulls who are grey and white. 
 In sommer the grey fog hides the big and wonderful high mountains during all the morning, and sometimes during all day, but the seagulls are always walking pride on the sand. They are watching over, looking at the brave waves, and the surfers, who jump over the waves, and enjoy the beautiy of the ocean.

I especially remember Venice, CA: "One night the fresh air from the ocean crossed through the window. Four women were sleeping, in the same room.  The  waves were also sleeping. There was a total silent.  The big seagulls controlled the area. They have their own telepathic language. Their own world, they are also the quiet serene of the Pacific ocean, and the quiet serene of the Mediterranean as minimum.

Some hours later,  one of the four women got up in the early morning,  and she went to the nearby beach, she wanted to write, and  be quiet, without any person who disturbed her, just in front of the waves and surrounded by the seagulls. She met other women who wanted to be alone, in order to write, to create something nice, to be quiet, and enjoy the ocean, or to practice surfing with their friends.

Later, but also in the early morning,  the young surfers were  ready to jump  among the waves.

Waves were not enough high at this time in the morning,  before eight O'clock, but the surfers were  impatient to jump and play with the waves. They are higher at midday. But these young men and women wanted to swim and enjoy with their tables,  and to breathe  the fresh wind in the early morning.

Some minutes later, people from Venice and from south California were also ready to take their breakfast, tea and coffees... in gardens,  nice terraces or cafes with libraries.

At this time in the morning, some people also started to work in their offices, companies and stores. Others want to be artists also in the area of Hollywood in order to look for an opportunity in the film industry, and they also work very hard.







 Some visitors in California go to the very beautiful wood harbors to fish, and all walkers enjoy the summer. Some teachers are teaching to the children to respect the ocean, they show them, the different kind of  fishes and seagulls. In this area of the world, the seagulls are flying happy among the fishers, people, children, and boats. Nobody kill them. 
The seagulls are very happy like children.

If you drive along the coast, you'll arrive to Sail Beach,  and you can also find the wonderful area of Belmont, it's a historic neighborhood with different kind of architectural styles including Craftsman bungalows, Victorian, Spanish Revival, Tudor Revival and Mediterranean. This is a pleasant area to walk everywhere, and all the hauses have charm and special personality.
In this community people can enjoy a variety of water sports, many inhabitants own a boat, and practice rowing as well. Many tourists and visitors who travel to this area rent a pleasure boat to sail around the south coast of California.

The long and wide beaches and high waves always invite to the young people to practice some sports. As I mentioned before, they especially like surfing and skating during all day. But just to the sunset, when many joung people are free, and the red and brilliant, orange colours appear on the sky, the pirouettes of the skaters begin. They feel very very happy with their jumps.

The night is coming slowly, and at the end, the silent is total. 
Even the Pacific Ocean is going to sleep early in this area of California.