Cosmic Connection

A few weeks ago I surfed a spot (in a state) that I had never been to before. After a few hours of much needed water time, I decided to check the wave up the road before the sun went down. I got in my van, pointed it north, found the pull out I was looking for and grabbed the only parking space available. Not a minute later, the guy parked in front of me walks up to his car dripping wet and calls my name. I couldn't believe it. How random. Or was it? It was my old friend Trevor (the names have been changed to protect the innocent). The last time I ran into Trevor was 12 years ago. I was at a New Years Eve show at some random venue in San Francisco. I was in line to use the men's room and recognized the guy in front of me...it was Trevor. Keep in mind that neither of us lived in CA. at the time and we hadn't seen each other for maybe 4 years before that.

Trevor is an old friend from my "blurry" years. We shared some crazy experiences together. A few that come to mind involved a coast to coast flight with a very large and very stinky suitcase. Another, Texas girls on vacation with their church group and more pitchers of margaritas than anyone can remember. We were young and we were dumb but we had fun. That was another lifetime ago...

So, there we were, once again, cosmically crossing paths. Once the initial shock wore off we went to have a beer and some chowder and some more beers. Trevor informed me it was his birthday in the morning. Instead of parting ways, we called our wives, called into work and decided to ring in his birthday sharing waves together. The last time that happened....Baja Norte, 1990.