It started with a flash. Then thunder so powerfull that the whole house was shaking. Definitaly a scary alarmclock. After wondering if I was dreaming or not the hail storm started shattering down. Am I still in San Francisco?After driving for 20min the sky becomes clear blue and all feels well. Driving into Santa Cruz I see trees with bright yellow blooming flowers. It feels good to be next to the ocean again. I checkout the surf and it looks peaceful and glassy! Sun, palm trees, glassy waves - a great day! I walk down to the beach and I smell something terrible. In front of me lies a huge decapitated seal. Should I enter the water? I paddle out and enjoy some waves. Suddenly a new swell kicks in and a moster set of 10-12ft glassy wide barreling waves come charging in catching everyone by surprise. All of a sudden I feel like I am in Hawaii surfing big waves. The waves keep on getting bigger and more impressive by the minute. Suddenly in the lineup I see another huge dead seal floating around. Should I stay or should I go? The waves are just too good! Everyone is catching epic waves. All of a sudden an otter swims towards me on his back unknowing that I am in front of him. He almost touches my board and then turns around and looks at me for a couple of seconds. After the encounter he continues his journey like I didn't exist. Then another set of waves comes in and I get eaten badly by the surf. I paddle out and see the otter on a 10ft wave just making it over the lip. When I look closer he has a mate and they are not playing. In front of me they are having otter sex!I surf for about 3 hours until my arms can't paddle anymore. I walk to my car put on some shorts and sit in the sun watching the waves come in. Time for some food. I drive to the my standard taqueria and eat a SUPER burrito with my friends that just arrived from SF. After taking a short scenic drive we arrive in downtown Santa Cruz. We walk by cafés, shops, cinemas and end up in a greek festival with traditonal dancing and gyros for purchase. Where am I? Night starts to fall and I decide to start the one hour drive home listening to good tunes at max volume. 20min before San Francisco I see the clouds again and I am back where I started. A great day with a bizarre chain of events! Time to crash :)