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I'm back from California! I had an awesome holiday with my family. I'll be posting a couple 365 photos a day until I'm caught up again.

 

This is on the first day, we got to California by noon, so we spent the rest of the day looking for cool beaches. Dude, I was IMPRESSED by the waves!! In Vancouver we don't get big waves (we're blocked by Vancouver Island) so I was really excited!! And I only meant to put my toes in the water... But... Okay, interesting story, I set up my tripod a ways away from the ocean, and then walked into the waves to take my photo... A few waves came and went... My brother and sister and mom were all standing nearby me, and my dad was sitting on the edge of a fireplace at the beach. And then, when I wasn't watching, a HUGE wave came up and and caught me by surprise, I was running sideways trying to keep myself from falling in (it didn't work, I fell in), while my mom and brother ran away from the beach (but they too got taken down by the wave) and then the wave hit my tripod and camera bag... My tripod and camera started falling over into the wave, and my sister was like, "NOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo" and ran ( in slow motion) and grabbed my tripod just in time (and she got soaked too, but kept my camera safe). But my camera bag was swept out to sea... And my dad, staring at us all in shock, lifted up his feet and then lost his balance and fell backwards into the fireplace. So, we ALL fell over when that wave came. Luckily I didn't have any lenses in my camera bag (just a cell phone, which I've never used in my life anyway). We did get the camera bag back from the sea... But it took days to dry off, and it's still covered in sand.

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Taken on May 23, 2010