Rich and Lorinda Thompson, Costa Azul Mexico 2002

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=120 BGCOLOR="#FFCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0513f781egdyul.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ventura Surf Club </B></FONT> <B> </B><B>|    </B><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vacation Scrapbooks"><U><B>return to scrapbook page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=360 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Rich and Lorinda Thompson</I></div> <div> <I>Costa Azul, Mexico</I></div> <div> <I>August 2002</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4e5c2270.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>"The weather was hot and humid (lots of beers by the poolside).  </I></div> <div> <I>The ocean water and sun beating down on your back required lots of sun screen and  rash guards."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4e6c2110.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="4e7c2290.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="297" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>"The surf break is called Chacala.  </I><I> They taxi you to each surf spot, feed you snacks, beer, etc."</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4e8c2230.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="4e9c20b0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>"Chacala is a left break that is good on a medium tide.  This wave can break for a good 50 to 100 yards."</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4ebc2270.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="4edc2280.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>"The reef is filled with urchins too!  (booties? can't stand 'em!)."</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4eac22e0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="302" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>"We had three good days of surf.  The pictures were taken by my wife, Lorinda from the boat."</I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>