Midday Cowboy

SANTA MONICA PIER :: our last sunset in USA

Santa Monica ferris wheel lit up for Halloween.

On the pier at Santa Monica tonight

Venice...

Up early to skate on a couple of longboards.

Punching on along Abbott Kinney this afternoon.

Great to see dynamic young black skaters at Venice Beach this morning.

Charlie got a cool tat...

Venice Beach in full swing this afternoon.

On the bikes at Santa Monica this morning - spectacular Saturday morning, plenty of action along the boardwalk.

Portable hobo shelter on Pacific Avenue, Venice Beach.

The old Jeff Ho 'Dog Town' skate shop on Main Street, Santa Monica, just went out of business and is now a cafe.

Looking out of our hotel window this afternoon, across the sand at Venice Beach, across the bay to Malibu and beyond.

Drove down to San Clemente today, to see the Dewey Weber exhibition at the surfing heritage foundation, before heading north through Laguna, Long Beach and around the Palos Verdes headland to beautiful Lunada Bay, home of the famous Palos Verdes Surfing Club in the 1930 which in many ways was the crucible of Californian surf culture.

Fantastic song "Farmer John" by Don and Dewey on the Juke at Pike Fish Grill

Here we are at the Pike, Jenny checking the menu, Charlie working in a blog.