Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
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While out west, we ate two dinners at a nice restaurant where the
speciality was "monkfish." I'd never had West Coast monkfish and I
thought it was delicious. Very light taste.

I don't much like "heavy" or oily tasting fish, though I do like
kingfish mackeral steaks broiled with lemon and some sauce.

About 15 yrs ago, I attended a convention at the "del" and everyone
insisted I try the Abalone. It is a shellfish, where I think they
sliced it thin, pounded it like veal, lighted breaded it and then pan
fried it. It was the most expensive item on the menu, and was a must
have for those of us form the east coast. If they sell it here, I
have never seen it in a restaurant or fish market. I wasn't
impressed, it was so delicate, it almost had no flavor. I would
prefer scallops.

Did you notice that the Navy Seals train on the beach right outside
the "del"? They are running the beach every morning at about 5 am.





No military types were training on the beach in front of or on either
side of the Del when I was outside, and I sure as hell was not outside
wandering about in the 5 AM darkness. The only real military presence
I noticed consisted of naval aviation flyovers and boys playing with
their helicopters.

When I said training, I meant they would swim and run up and down the
beach. Their training base is just a little south of the "del". A DI
was pushing them the whole time. I enjoy the early morning and loved
drinking a cup of coffee and walking on the beach. It was a trip to see
a group of 20 Navy Seals coming out of the water and running down the
beach. 30 minutes later, they were running and/or swimming back to the
training base.



I did see some naval guys in dress uniforms a couple of evenings on
the premises, officers and ratings.

In San Diego harbor, the coasties were busy looking like they were
protecting the homeland.


There was no one swimming. The surf was huge, crashing, and dangerous.
The few times I saw anyone wander more than knee deep in the water, the
lifeguards chased them out.

This was the calmest I saw:

http://tinyurl.com/2xclgk