Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bill Mount Has Left The Building...

and is now officially retired and ready to surf daily at C Street!

Dateline: Saturday evening, March 26, 2016...

A crowd of friends, family and well wishers gathered earlier this evening at Will Rogers Lifeguard HQ to honor Bill Mount for all his years of service as an ocean lifeguard.





There he is, the man of the hour... working his last shift...












Meanwhile out front, one of our Baywatch rescue boat crews showed up to give Bill a proper celebratory send off!...



*** Video Alert ! ***

Baywatch Farewell to OLS Bill Mount: The Video

     https://youtu.be/mjGIUzozcWg









And another highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Bronze Savage to Bill by Captain Tito Bourget on behalf of LACOLA honoring Bill for his many years of service as an LACo OL and OLS.












Congratulations to Bill !  Thank you for your example, inspiration, service and friendship.

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Until next time.....


"County Recurrent" News
http://CountyRecurrent.blogspot.com

(All photos and video above by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)

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p.s.  Photos below by Harry Varnas and used here with his permission.

Hi Will,

Bill's favorite assignment is At Will Rogers North.   His truck is LG 272. 
So here a couple of shots of the truck and the event.

  What a long long fun career.

Sincerely,
Harry Varnas










Many Thanks to Harry Varnas for sharing these photos with all of us! 

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Friday, March 25, 2016

Dockweiler and Manhattan Beach Drive By...

Dateline:  Good Friday, March 25, 2016

0800 hrs - 0900 hrs drive with my mom riding shotgun and taking in the sights along the coast from Pacific Palisades (Will Rogers √  Santa Monica √  Venice √  Marina Del Rey √), through PDR √, past Dockweiler √ and on to Manhattan Beach.....


Dockweiler!...





El Porto!...


Recurrent Quiz:  Yes or No, is there a rip current visible in the photo below?...


we parked for a few minutes at 40th St. and took in the surf and beach activity...




and someone should do a bottom check and let us know exactly how big the inshore holes are to the left of the tower at 40th St.  It looks absolutely Ginormous out front of those three surfers on the berm at left below... just sayin'...





Stopped by the Training Center, said hi to OLS Eric Wylie in the parking lot...



we then continued on and scouted out several MB breakfast locations but alas no parking was available so we drove back to Santa Monica...

... return trip past Dockweiler...


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Until next time.....

"County Recurrent" News
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p.s.  back in Central... on Montana Ave., in Santa Monica...


Kreation Cafe

Beverages √ ...   Coconut Milk Lattes...


and Top to bottom, Eggs Bene on toast, side of Neiman Ranch bacon, and a 6 egg white omelette...


(All photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)

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