The Devil Tag

My friend Liz tagged me on her blog. Someone's husband in the long train of tags calls it the devil tag, making it one of the more catchy tag names.

Here are the details:

1. Go to my documents/pictures.
2. Go to my 6th file folder.
3. Go to my 6th picture.
4. Blog about it.
5. Tag 6 people to do the same.



I took this picture when I was on a business trip to California. Specifically, I was in Anaheim at the big Technical Conference for IBM. It was a really huge room full of IBMers, like three thousand all in one place. Which is a lot. The conference had it's memorable moments, but like all business trips, the best part is when you extend it to the weekend so you can do some sightseeing. On this particular trip I drove out to the Pacific Ocean, and walked along the beach at Newport, CA which is where the O.C. is filmed. This is the first time I had seen the Pacific ocean. The amazing thing was the lack of dunes. The Atlantic ocean has dunes, so while you have houses "on the beach", they usually are behind the dunes. At the Pacific Ocean, the houses are literally on the beach, with nothing between the "backyard" of the house and the whole public beach. Also, the houses aren't built up a level. Most beach houses I have seen on the east coast are up on stilts with the cars parked underneath. At this particular stretch of beach, the houses were flat on the ground. I walked by a school whose playground was on the beach. Yea... I am sure alot of studying gets done there. When I got to the pier I realized I had walked alot farther than I had anticipated, and it took alot longer. So I paid a person at a bike store to ride a two person bike with me back to my car, so they could bring the bike back to the store. A one way trip for me, if that makes any sense. This was the first time I had ridden a two person bike, and now I can't remember what that is called. Anyway it is a very interesting balancing sensation. But I recommend it if you are into triathalons :) It wouldn't be a complete trip without me saying that I did get ice cream at the beach. All in all, I think I prefer the Atlantic ocean beaches and water, but maybe that is just because that is what I am most used to.

I tag Emily M., Emily J., Jamie M., Teresa M., and Carolina Chocolate