October 15, 2008

Baywatch!

     Steve, Eline and I got to spend the afternoon with Baywatch yesterday!  After spending the morning diving with Karl we met up for lunch with Kevin and Joel, two members of the Two Harbors Baywatch team.  Baywatch is a part of LA County's lifeguard corps, which was recently incorporated into the Fire Department.  Catalina has one Baywatch team in Two Harbors and another in Avalon.  Not only are they responsible for looking after anyone who gets in trouble on or in the water, but as the only paramedics on the Island they get called in on anything that happens on land as well.  Needless to say these guys stay busy.
     After a quick lunch Kevin and Joel invited us to come check out the infamous Baywatch boat.  The boat itself is deceptively small.  Although its probably not much more than 25 feet long, it's packed to the gills with communication equipment, fire-fighting and rescue gear and medical supplies, not to mention two massive supercharged diesels that can easily push the boat to over 30 knots.  Kevin and Joel took us out on a great tour of the West End and even let us try out the fire pump mounted on the front of the boat.  We were a little disappointed at first that The Hoff wasn't around, but Kevin and Joel were much cooler anyways.  Thanks guys!


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Why did I never watch this show!!! There are some really hunky guys on it!