Post #210690 by bungy on Fri, Jan 27, 2006 5:04 AM

to Polynesiack! (??) We never thoght about board surfing at the Cove, becaues there was very little surfing done at all at that time. We did body surfing, mainly at Rendondo Beach below those big cliffs. Again, no one there, surfing on boards either, that I can remember. I was amazed when I read the novel, :The Seventh Wave" to find they were surfing there.
One time, we kids went to Rendondo to go surfing with Raymond Burr, who was a friend of the family's. We climbed downt the cliffs and jumped into the water.. it was cold and the surf was up. You could hardly ever catch a full wave and ride it all the way in, most of the time they just buried you into the sand.. each time, i"d surface, with water streaming down, and sand covering every inch of me, there would be Ray, a big smile on his face, having jusy conquered the huge wave by planting his feet in the sand, and letting it wash over him!! Then, when we had enough, we'd go to the fish market at Redondo, and get all kinds of stuff for fish gumbo, that Ray would make over our fire place at the Cove. It was his Pre-Perry Mason time, and he had a WW11 jeep for tansportaion. We all piled into it, hanging off, yelling and shouting, and he would turn KFAC up high on the radio, with a Straus waltz, and he would waltz through the palm trees up and down the Cove!
I love the way San Pedro has developed.. it has hung on to the old flavor, even tho there are so many more people. And.. they've done a great job of bike and running and walking paths.. very user friendly.. and the air.. how much better can you get???! Auntie Bungy