in ventura

debbie ventura, originally uploaded by benjaminhyun.

Maybe I don't get out enough, and that's why the percentage of photos and entries from Ventura is hitting an all-time high. But forgive me, I'm a working man and I am left with the small escape of reminiscing day to day about yesterdays.

Debbie and I decided to go to Ventura one morning - we had originally planned on driving to Malibu along the coast - possibly stopping by Neptune's Net and giving me an hour or two to work on accentuating my cycling jersey tan.

It had been a long time since we had a day to just relax and play things by ear. With both of our busy schedules, we're usually forced to rely on planning things days ahead or sitting in front of a TV waiting for the next work day to begin. It felt great. We woke up - we both felt like seeing the ocean, and then on a whim we decided to drive a little further than we were planning. See? Against plans. Got a little lost on the way, couldn't decide on what to eat immediately, and just stumbled into stupid shops as we walked along the boulevard. (Found a TREK-only dealer on the way back to the freeway, too).

It was great.