TimeOut

We walked the eastern side of Mission Bay today, and at relatively low tide.

We left the paved pathway due to heavy traffic from bikes and runners, and slow-moving clusters of loudly-talking ladies. We immediately spotted a rabbit (who didn't stop eating as he eyed me).

There were plenty of seagulls today but very few other birds.

My wife stopped and stared as this group of young men ran by. She used to be track & cross country coach at a nearby high school, and this was one of their training routes. She said she was "looking with a professional interest."

An elderly lady bravely set out on a paddleboard...

while two young fishermen returned to their room with only a lure on the end of their line.

My bokeh portrait for the day!

We were watching stand-up paddle board people when suddenly one dropped onto the board. My wife thought maybe she had sprained a muscle, but my 600 mm lens revealed she had only received a text which (of course) demanded an immediate response.

Some flowering sea grass.

This is called Leisure Lagoon. We stopped our northward journey at this point because a group of homeless were camped on the sand.

Last look at Leisure Lagoon.

Across the bay to the west the Sea Scouts camp sent about 50 boats into the water.

I only took this picture out of a "professional interest".

Yesterday, for the first time, we saw I guy zipping around San Diego Bay on a "hydrofoil surfboard". Today we met two gents who showed us their E-Foils, which contain a battery pack and have a fin with vanes and motor. A handset allows the rider to control speed and I believe they said their boats run for about 45 minutes.

Naturally, before you climb aboard, you have to get it out deeper than the fin descends from the board.

Then you kneel until it picks up speed.

The paddle boarding lady was so impressed that she stopped her yoga exercises as they circled her.

I WANT ONE, I said (vaguely remembering the URB-E scooter gathering dust for 3 years in my garage). But when I checked online later and found the price in excess of $10k US, I changed my mind.

These can go up to 50 km/h but you certainly wouldn't want to hit a sand bar at that speed! Hence the helmets, I guess.

This is more my style - panicky and wondering "Why am I out here?" and thinking

"I could be on a double bike like that Gent and Lady."

Feeling a bit under-equipped for a day on the bay, we headed for home.

PS I wore this Bell-Matic this morning, but had forgotten how to quick-set the day of the week.

After we returned home I figured it out.

Cazalea

He just said:  "That one call allows me to be out here three days a week". 

But speaking as our family's IT specialist, taking a text on a paddle board in 20 feet of salt water 100 yards from shore is slightly different (as we have lost multiple phones from kayaks into salt water).

But she was smiling so maybe it was good news. And yes, this lens has incredibly long reach and I generally don't point it at people who are so far away that I don't know whether they are clothed or not.

... she should carry it inside those plastic water proof bags with a lanyard secured to her neck. Though may be she enjoys taking some risks! Lol!

Thank you so much for sharing! Cheers! Abel