1Woodhaven Country Club, Palm Desert, CA 2Residential area, Woodhaven Country Club 3Roadrunner. BEEP, BEEP! 4Desert color near Palm Desert and La Quinta, CA 5Desert trail. 6Shadow Ridge golf course @ one of the Marriott resorts in Palm Desert. 7Sunset as seen from 6th green, Shadow Ridge golf course. 8Friend and neighbor joins Starbucks group for coffee at sidewalk table, 9 a.m., 2/28/04 9Huntington Beach pier as seen from Main St. @ Pacific Coast Hwy. 10Looking north on the beach walk toward Palos Verdes, CA on horizon. 11Looking west across Pacific, Catalina Islands on skyline. 12Volleyball courts on the beach, Palos Verdes in background. 13View from the pier, south toward Newport Beach. 14Life guard station closed; only clue that it's winter. 15Color for sale on the pier. 16Bumped into friends Fred & Lee on the pier taking in the winter day. 17Kite flyers love the beach and gentle winter breeze. 18Beach kites feature wide design and color patterns. 19"Now listen up, I'm only gonna say this once!" 20Northward view with city of Long Beach skyline on the horizon. 21View toward Huntington Beach from the pier. 22Walking the pier. 23Ruby's popular spot for food and expansive ocean views from the dining room. 24Looking inland from end of pier. 25View to the north down the surf line. 26Surfers wait for the next set of waves. 27"There must be a wave out there somewhere." 28Getting ready to "hang ten." 29Working the wave for longer run. 30Balance is everything. 31Wave power outage. 32Beach volleyball on winter day, February 28, 2004. 33Always an audience on the pier. 34"Watch it, you'll get your toes wet!" 35Run, it's coming after us!" 36Pier with blue sky backdrop next morning after clearing showers. 37"Thanks for visiting."