Jack O'Neill 1923-2017
"When you get all screwed up, and you jump in the ocean, everything’s all right again."
The first time I saw the Pacific Ocean, I couldn't wait to jump in. I ran the breadth of the sand by Prospect Street in Newport Beach and leapt, with board in hand, into the waves.
I immediately regretted it. Dang, that water's cold.
(For those who have never been, the Pacific is cold in California, Washington, Oahu, Maui, and New South Wales, Australia…