HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
.

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

Looks like normal surf for the San Diego area.


I said it was the calmest I saw. For two days, the surf not far off the
beach was 12 feet high, according to the lifeguard with whom I spoke.

We used to body surf 8 and 12 foot waves at Barbers Point in Hawaii.

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:47:59 -0500, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
.

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

Looks like normal surf for the San Diego area.


I said it was the calmest I saw. For two days, the surf not far off the
beach was 12 feet high, according to the lifeguard with whom I spoke.

We used to body surf 8 and 12 foot waves at Barbers Point in Hawaii.

Yeah, but you were a Marine, not a wimp SEAL.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:21:32 -0500, HK wrote:

No military types were training on the beach in front of or on either
side of the Del when I was outside

They are there. If you get too close to their training site in a boat
someone will quickly appear to escort you away. Don't ask me how I
know that.


I was there for 5 days, and I saw them every morning. I think they
would swim for a mile, then run for a mile, then get back in the water
to do it all over again.