Gone Surfin'

 Surf Camp, summer of 2025, for granddaughter Lilly. I was getting tired of driving her and her friend back and forth every day for a week (about 45 minutes each way), but I love the ocean and enjoyed all that beach time. And it gave me lots of time to get creative with my iPhone. Here's one of my first attemps to add music to a video. I tried to sync the beat to my footsteps. Fun stuff!

 

I guess you could call this a "vertical pano". Usually you pan horizontally, but this was an attemp at panning vertically. Makes for a long, skinny photo!

 

Flotsam and jetsam: I did long walks on the beach a couple of mornings, and couldn't resist taking pictures of some of the stuff that had washed up on the sand. The textures are really interesting. Technically, I think it would all be considered "flotsam" since jetsam is defined as something deliberately thrown overboard by a ship in distress (had to look that one up!).

This brown algae is kind of alien looking! The round part is called a float, and is filled with air. It keeps the fronds up near the surface of the water and closer to sunlight for photosynthesis. The long tentacle-looking thing would have a "holdfast" at the end (not visible) that would anchor the algae to the ocean floor. Technically not classified as plants, algae are fascinating! The scientific study of algae is called phycology.
 

We had overcast skies every morning, clearing to blue skies in the afternoon. Perfect!

 

The most interesting sky of the week!

 

Lilly's becoming a good surfer and loves being in the water!

 

There was the occasional wipeout!

 

Strange to see a military helicopter flying along the beach. Maybe following the coastline down to the marine base at Camp Pendleton?
 

Another low-flying aircraft. This guy was so low I could see the pilot's face! He was pulling one of those banner adds behind the plane, which seemed to be slowing him down.
 

Thanks for joining me for this week at the beach!

Linking with Skywatch Friday.