My eyes feasted on this banquet of glistening flesh as she passed on my left, and they continued to follow her lithe figure as she continued jogging southbound. I can’t tell you what her face looked like nothing above the neckline registered with me that morning. As she approached on my left, two tiny triangles of tie-dyed fabric struggled to contain her ample bosom. Her jogging outfit, if it could be called that in those days before sports bras and spandex, was actually a skimpy bikini. My eyes locked on to this goddesslike blonde, rivulets of sweat cascading down her tanned body as she ran at a purposeful pace. From my sheepskin-cove red leather seat, I found the view outstanding, even by California’s high standards. She was jogging toward me along the coastal sidewalk. I never intentionally set out to be girl-watching that day, but I spotted her about two hundred yards ahead and to the left. With the top down and the wind blowing in my face, I found that summer morning a good day to be alive.
These four lanes of blacktop hugged the golden coastline and provided a close-up view of L.A.’s beach culture.
I always loved driving along the PCH, as locals called the Pacific Coast Highway. I was tooling northbound through Malibu on my way to Oxnard, where I’d been asked to testify in a court hearing about whether a hospital should add an addiction treatment center. One sunsplashed Southern California morning that year, feeling good about life and our future, I hopped in our 1973 Mercedes 450SL-the car of my dreams, white with a black top. In 1983 my wife, Sandy, and I celebrated our first anniversary.
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