Building in the Sand

So on Saturday I went up to Ocean beach in San Francisco to build some art in the sand. Well Ms H.'s sister asked if we could help out for an event with construction, architectural, etc companies in helping make a creation in the sand with a local school.
So after thinking the San Franciscan weather might be pretty bad, I was pleasantly relieved to find that it turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun was shining, hardly any wind above a slight breeze. So it was an excellent autumn day to be spending time at the beach building.

I didn't realise that the process of making sand creations involved sooo much water and stomping. Basically, to make a structure that wouldn't crumble easily, you had to pile on sand, dowse it with water, and stomp on it to make it compact. The providing enough water was a hard task, however my group was big enough to form a chain down to the water where we just passed buckets up and down for at least half an hour..
I was getting a bit bored until I was able to take on a piece of the project and make a keyboard, as before there wasn't much room to do any creative work.

On the horizon through for the duration of the day, a whole American navy fleet was coming into San Francsico. So I got to see destroyers, transports and the like, but I missed the aircraft carrier (if there was one). Overhead the Blue Angels were spinning and diving and roaring past. Apparently they put on a good show, however most of their flight was obscured by a large hill, as they were doing it over the city, rather than Ocean beach, so I can't comment.
In the end I was pleased enough with my work and enjoyed the day, even though my neck maybe took in a bit too much sun. Just completely randomly, I had a conversation with one guy who said he had a good time in Rotorua in a local pub with all the locals, who were trying to hook him up with some Maori women.. hehe..