san diego (and a series of failures)

Today I made my peace with the city of San Diego and said my goodbyes. I kayaked along the coastline and met with creatures that exist in a different world. Fish, sea lions and dolphins. Kelp of extraordinary length. There is mystery and majesty both frightful and awe-inspiring still alive in the water.

But I returned to land.

I will take three things away from this place.

1. sailing

2. on land, sitting in the grass, I saw two young men sitting about ten feet apart from each other with their legs open wide. They were lobbing a tennis ball back and forth in the air attempting to hit one another in the testicles and laughing about it.

3. A group of three girls, approximately 15 years of age, were standing behind a car in the parking lot. Two of the girls were holding up a towel as their friend changed between the towel and the car's trunk. Her clothing was momentarily removed and the towel slipped. A part of her body was exposed. At the same time a sports car with tinted windows was driving by. The car stopped, the window rolled down. A man no younger than 25 made a sly sexual comment to the young girls, then rolled his window up as the car departed. The girls were disgusted and laughed, "Gross! He just said something so gross. Does he even know how old we are?"

San Diego, like much of this world, is like a beautiful hollow crystal. So wonderful to touch and hold but there is nothing on the inside.

That's all that I'm taking away from this place.