6.07.2005
It's Windy
The sun has been shining, but the wind has been blowing and blowing and blowing. The hook and sharks have been fun at the knee to waist high level with wind swell and south flurries if you're lucky. The LB session is in - although I did try to SB a few today. Needless to say, with the wind blowing - the water is freeeeezing. On the bright side, the upwelling has brought in the bait fish and I've seen some rad bait ball/bird feeding frenzies. I'm sure the stripers, hallees, rock fish, and sea bass are on a tare - but I haven't heard about any inshore catches. Back to the waves - I'm afraid the small stuff has been around for so long, that when something bigger comes in, the masses will be unleashed. It's already incredibly crowded for what's showing. Is school out (or surf school in)? The small stuff does allow time to discover just how fun the LB glide is. On to another subject - New Boards. The waves are small to barely, the crowds are thick, and six months into the year the savings account looks like the swell. Time for a new board! Jones while you're waiting for it, scrape to pay for it, and someone is bound to straight-off Adolph right into it on a small I can't wait to get it in the water day. Can't wait for my new board. Next subject - in my border blast, I left with US immigrants taking over Mexico at Texas. That was between 1835 and 1836. In 1846, the US could not decide whether or not to grant the Texas Republic statehood, and the Mexican government viewed Texas as a rebellious territory they would eventually recapture. President Polk - yes looking to Polk someone - offered to buy New Mexico, California, and establish the Rio Grande River as the border (i.e., get Texas) for just over $3 million - what a deal. The Mexicans wanted to keep their virginity and refused the Polk. Undaunted, Polk continued with the typical land grab strategy. He sent military forces to the Rio Grande River - remember, an area taken over by US immigrants who declared they were independent of the country whose land they occupied. Well, as military forces do - mano y mano - fighting broke out. One battle took place north of the Rio Grande - in occupied Mexico. Polk recognized the US immigrant claim - not the fact that the area north of the Rio Grande was occupied Mexico and got pissed. In fact, he recognized a perfect opportunity to go to war with Mexico and get what the States wanted - regardless. Kinda like a WMD opportunity. Polk convinced the Congress to declare war on Mexico - sound familiar - and Congress boogied. What do you think happened next? - US vs Mexico. Meanwhile, in California US immigrants continued to pour into Mexifornia. I'll let you ponder this while you check the surf and wait for the south flurry.