Comments on: Letter from California http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/ The online magazine for baby boomers with active lifestyles Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:27:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Strider http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2620 Strider Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:49:04 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-2620 This writer knows his stuff. When it comes to adventures, he doesn't just write about them - he lives them! Thank you for taking the rest of us along. This writer knows his stuff. When it comes to adventures, he doesn’t just write about them – he lives them! Thank you for taking the rest of us along.

]]> By: Warren Hulbert http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-1854 Warren Hulbert Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:53:24 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-1854 If you are the Michael Petrie that just wrote an article for 'Sail' magazine,"Golden Gate", I would greatly appreciate contact with you. I an a sixty seven year old that will be making my first trip around Point Conception enroute to Everett Washington from Ventura California. Any response will be valuable. If you are the Michael Petrie that just wrote an article for ‘Sail’ magazine,”Golden Gate”, I would greatly appreciate contact with you. I an a sixty seven year old that will be making my first trip around Point Conception enroute to Everett Washington from Ventura California. Any response will be valuable.

]]> By: Dana Hall http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Dana Hall Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:59:06 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-356 Awesome story, Michael! You GO, Dude! I have a So. California "wave action" story of my own. As a Northern Californian, I truly believe you guys have MOST of the fun. My husband and I have been vacationing in So. Cal for over 25 years. Before kids, we body surfed. Our sons, age 11 and 15 love to boogie board and skim board. This year, I decided I wanted to join them. So, on the last day of vacation, we stopped off at Big 5, and I bought a wet suit. I had a blast boogie boarding, whooping it up, and felt 18 again! When I decided I was finished for the day, I sat and watched the surfers and my kids. I noticed a boarder come out of the surf with his wet suit on backwards... I looked up and down the beach and realized that I was the one wearing my wet suit backwards! Oh well, if you can't laugh at yourself... ;) Awesome story, Michael!
You GO, Dude!

I have a So. California “wave action” story of my own. As a Northern Californian, I truly believe you guys have MOST of the fun. My husband and I have been vacationing in So. Cal for over 25 years. Before kids, we body surfed.

Our sons, age 11 and 15 love to boogie board and skim board. This year, I decided I wanted to join them. So, on the last day of vacation, we stopped off at Big 5, and I bought a wet suit.

I had a blast boogie boarding, whooping it up, and felt 18 again! When I decided I was finished for the day, I sat and watched the surfers and my kids. I noticed a boarder come out of the surf with his wet suit on backwards… I looked up and down the beach and realized that I was the one wearing my wet suit backwards! Oh well, if you can’t laugh at yourself… ;)

]]> By: deepsouth http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-291 deepsouth Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:27:26 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-291 Right on, Dude. I am 60 and still surf, too. My surfing pal, with whom I usually surf, is 39. I have other surfing friends who are as young as 19. I repair my friends' boards (never any charge) and we swap surf videos. I feel like a 17 year old when I surf...ok, a very old 17 year old, but it's sure better than the rocking chair! Oh, and one other thing. Where else can you find a soaking wet, bikini-clad young woman in excellent physical condition who actually enjoys talking to a 60 year old guy? Right on, Dude. I am 60 and still surf, too. My surfing pal, with whom I usually surf, is 39. I have other surfing friends who are as young as 19. I repair my friends’ boards (never any charge) and we swap surf videos. I feel like a 17 year old when I surf…ok, a very old 17 year old, but it’s sure better than the rocking chair! Oh, and one other thing. Where else can you find a soaking wet, bikini-clad young woman in excellent physical condition who actually enjoys talking to a 60 year old guy?

]]> By: RMH http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-267 RMH Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:04:50 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-267 Moby Mike will go down in history with the like of the Captain riding the whale. Stay young forever pal! Moby Mike will go down in history with the like of the Captain riding the whale. Stay young forever pal!

]]> By: CJ http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-264 CJ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:18:25 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-264 wow! and wow again! way to hit the waves! keep these kind of boomer days comming! from one who is going to be a surfer in my next life! wow! and wow again! way
to hit the waves! keep these kind of boomer days comming! from one who is going to be a surfer in my next life!

]]> By: Clark Brody http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Clark Brody Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:31:52 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-258 Big Mike has the heart of a lion! It is good to see that another 50 something is actively moving forward and winning the battle against the cheek sagging forces of gravity! May there be infinitely more "Big Wednesdays" ahead! Big Mike has the heart of a lion! It is good to see that another 50 something is actively moving forward and winning the battle against the cheek sagging forces of gravity! May there be infinitely more “Big Wednesdays” ahead!

]]> By: Chris Nisan http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Chris Nisan Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:09:36 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-257 Very heartwarming for a fellow boomer from the frozen north to read of the wave-riding, passionate antics of an ocean-loving Californian! Loved the story - let's hear more! Very heartwarming for a fellow boomer from the frozen north to read of the wave-riding, passionate antics of an ocean-loving Californian! Loved the story – let’s hear more!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Rachel Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:13:31 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-253 Mr. Petrie certainly has his priorities straight. I envy him from here in the chilly NE. Mr. Petrie certainly has his priorities straight. I envy him from here in the chilly NE.

]]> By: anonymous co-worker http://www.boomercafe.com/2007/12/17/letter-from-california/comment-page-1/#comment-252 anonymous co-worker Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:42:24 +0000 http://boomercafe.com/2007/12/07/letter-from-california/#comment-252 Any excuse to skip going into the office and play hookie at the beach. Like a teenager skipping school for the day because "surf's up". I think the fact that he takes such glee in shirking adulthood keeps him young more than the actual surfing itself! Of course, if I were to skip a day of work I think I'd prefer to go shopping! Any excuse to skip going into the office and play hookie at the beach. Like a teenager skipping school for the day because “surf’s up”. I think the fact that he takes such glee in shirking adulthood keeps him young more than the actual surfing itself! Of course, if I were to skip a day of work I think I’d prefer to go shopping!

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