Good old Charlie Brown. Actually, I'm sure that's not it. And that's why we went with so many people. Couldn't afford the gas or motel, if you didn't have a whole load of folks to split it with. Which was a catch-22, I suppose. As they motels all knew this, so the price went up 300% for that time. Somewhat of a lose/lose circuitous race involving SOME sort of logic. It was usually a fun adventure, if not a bit crowded at times. But the whole day was spent in the surf, and we were young and full of energy I'd love to have these days. Then again, I don't miss the beer drinking much. So there are trade offs to all parts of life ( :