Kimberly from Texas visits

Our friend Kimberly from Texas visited us in Long Beach the weekend of June 21-23. Kimberly and I met when we did a running program together through Luke's Locker, the running store where Pat worked in Fort Worth. She must be a pretty tolerant person since we became friends while I was very much not at my best-- on 6 a.m. Saturday morning runs.

Pat and Kimberly at the Belmont Pier--right after a tasty dinner at the Belmont Brewing Company--one of our favorite places to eat on the water.

The next day we went down to Surf City, USA--Huntington Beach. People there were doing all the usual California Beach things. Like hard-core volleyball.

And surfing.

Every beach town has a pier, and here we are in front of the Huntington Beach one.

Kimberly and I in front of the HB pier.

And, of course, we need some street performers. This guy did a triple flip over these volunteers. We were impressed!

Then we went to one of our favorite breakfast spots-River's End Cafe. It is right on the water in Seal Beach (just 100 yards south of Long Beach) where the San Gabriel River flows into the Pacific.