MCC Beach Bonfire/Barbecue September 10, 2006

On a sunny Sunday afternoon the church planned a barbecue and bonfire at Crown Point on Mission Bay at 4pm. Since Crown Point is my favorite place to start roller blading around the bay, I got there at 3pm. I like roller blading around the bay because the sidewalks and bike paths are nice and wide. I like starting at Crown Point because after a nice warm up through a picnic area the path turns west towards the ocean and into the wind. When part way around the bay it's 2 short blocks over to the bike path that runs along Mission Beach. The path is real wide but you can't go fast because of all the people. But there's the ocean, the surf, surfers, beach goers, and beach volleyball to watch. At the south end of the beach the path turns in towards the bay. It's along this waterway between the ocean and the bay where I saw this boat on its way in tossing out bate or some kind of food that was attracting all the birds.

The image is a little blurry, but that's a wedding about to get under way right on the bay with sail boats going by.

After roller blading around the bay I joined the MCC beach bonfire/barbecue at Crown Point on Mission Bay.

Not far down the beach from our group, using the next firepit, another church group had backed a Ryder truck up and unloaded a whole truck load of firewood. The park closes at 10pm. They quickly realized they could never use all the wood they brought so they came over and asked us to help ourselves. Later on they just brought over more wood for us. While everyone else from MCC left before sunset, Chuck, Eddie, and I decided to stay and enjoy the bonfire. We talked, traded shots with the camera and enjoyed watching the fire dance, the sun light fade, the city lights come on, the tide come in, the bay turn to glass, and the moon come up.