Professional Volleyball Tournament
Today, Saturday, July 23, was a really great day. There is a Professional Beach Volleyball Tournament, and if you have a television set, you probably have seen these incredibly tall, superbly conditioned, young guys and gals playing on the sand. This weekend the tournament is in Hermosa Beach, which is the beach directly next to Manhattan Beach, where I live, and I spent all afternoon there with my three sons. One of my sons works for the AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals) and all four of us are volleyball nuts and play every chance we get. And there's lots of chances here as Hermosa Beach has 70 courts, and 100 in Manhattan Beach, and you can play virtually every day!! In all of my travels, the beach part of Southern California (from San Diego to Santa Barbara) is 200 miles, and Manhattan Beach is right in the middle) has the best year round climate. No relative humidity, no bugs, and it is 65-75 degrees and sunny 28 days a month all year. I live on the beach and air-conditiong is never needed. Tomorrow, Sunday, at 1:00 Pacific Coast time (so 4:00 east coast time) the women's finals will be on NBC, featuring the gold medal winners at the last Olympics, Keri Walsh and Misty May, two local residents. Bye for now, Richard Roe AKA The Senior Bachelor
PS- For the first time, the women's final are going to be broadcast on Sunday instead of the men's finals (which took place today.) This is because women's volleyball is more popular! Now that's progress!
PS- For the first time, the women's final are going to be broadcast on Sunday instead of the men's finals (which took place today.) This is because women's volleyball is more popular! Now that's progress!