Jellyjoe's Weblog

This is a running list of at least 50 new experiences starting August 2009 through August 2010 (or maybe longer).

1. Wake Surfing (8/09)

2. Wake Boarding (8/09)

3. Tubing the Truckee River (8/09)

4. Surfed Perkos and Drakes at the Ranch on a big day (8/09)

5. Climbing a Ridge in Shell Beach to View the Pacific (9/09)

6. Writers’ conference (10/09)

7. Face to face with Rainbow Reef and literary agent (10/09)

8. Promoter and vendor of Rainbow Reef at the Central Coast Book Festival (10/09)

9. Read Rainbow Reef to children in a public setting (10/09)

10. Took kids to an acoustic rock concert (11/09)

11. Enjoyed Ian Anderson playing acoustic Jethro Tull (11/09)

12. Rainbow Reef into a book store (11/09)

13. First sale of Rainbow Reef in book store (12/09)….I was there…

14. Snorkling with my kids in Mexico (01/10)

15. Swam through a sea cave with my oldest child (01/10)

16. Saw a guy hold a live fish under water (01/10)

17. Witnessed baby sea turtles released into the Pacific ocean with my youngest child (01/10)

18. Surfed an unknown Mexican surf spot  (01/10)…was fun

19. Watch a polo match in Mexico (01/10)

20. Rainbow Reef into Arroyo Grande library (01/10)

21. Booked a surf trip to Namotu, South Pacific (05/10)

22. Drove through the town of Colma where Sutter found the first gold nugget in California (6/10)

23. Whitewater rafting on the American River with my girls (6/10)

24. Crashed a wedding and the bride was really nice about it (6/10)

25. Added several new exotic varieties of succulents to my garden (7/10)

26. Drove my girls to their first concert together (Justin Bieber) (7/10)

27. Camping and wake boarding at Lake San Antonio (7/10)

28. First 6′ 10″ with five fins…can’t wait to surf it (7/10)

29. World of Color – Disneyland…very cool (8/10)

30. Had an eight month old sea urchin spine removed from my toe (8/10)

31. General contractor on a remodel job (8/10 – 10/10)

32. Profiled in the airport (10/10)

33. Fly to Fiji (10/10)

33. Travelled business class (lucked into a ticket) (10/10)

34. Travelled with a longboard (10/10)

35. Landed in Viti Levu (10/10)

36. Put my feet in the South Pacific (10/10)

37. Held Fijian money (10/10)

38. Visited Nadi, Fiji (10/10)

39. Boated to Namotu (10/10)

40. Surfed Swimming Pools (10/10)

41. Surfed Cloud Break (10/10)

42. Surfed Namotu Left (10/10)

43. Snorkled South Pacific reef (10/10)

44. Slept on an island in the South Pacific (10/10)

45. Saw a reef shark (10/10)

46. Saw a poisonous water snake (10/10)

47. Visited Tavarua island (10/10)

48. Had a 36 hour Saturday as we crossed dateline in flight (10/10)

49. Learned a few Fijian words – Bula (10/10)

50. Remembered that I do the same things my kids do or vise-versa (10/10)

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Spend a week surfing on Namotu, Fiji(10/10)