I recall when I was about 6 when we spent the whole morning in our back yard hunting lizards. Once we caught one it bit the heck out of him he just laughed it off. It was just one of those bonding moments in life when you think back. We also would go crabbing in Mission Beach and in La Jolla we would walked the beach he would tell me the story of how Pirates had caves with treasure we needed to find.

He taught me how to Surf, funny he told me at age 8 that it was the law in California that you must know how to swim and surf or you could go to jail by age 10. I still have his surfboard he used in High school.

In 1989 as I was getting out of the Marine Corps I sat with him on his doors step contemplating marriage to my now wife of 25 years and if it was the right choice as we cried together. He convinced me it was it would be my best decision ever, it was a real Leave It to Beaver moment I will never forget.

I recall growing up with the Beach Boys this was a staple in the old surf van.