Back then he was a secondary coach for the San Diego Chargers who also happen to be my favorite NFL team. Jim enjoyed playing beach volleyball at Mission beach in his time off. He was a reasonable player but not great. As the best teams always got to stay on the court he was quite often on the sideline’s with me.

After spending many days down at the beach we would talk about his job as an NFL coach. This was pretty amazing for me. I must say it all was pretty cool spending time at Mission beach as the USA indoor players would quite ofter also go down for a hit. Mike Whitmarsh was another guy I met there. Back then he was was just getting into beach volleyball after a basketball career. He would later go on to star in the AVP and took silver at the Atlanta Olympics.

The time was 1989, and getting back to my mate Jim Mora, he invited me to watch a pre-season match that the Chargers were going to play in August of that year. As it turned out on that same weekend I had a trip up to Disneyland and Yosemite planned with some Aussie friends of mine that were staying with me in San Diego.

Now a tough decision had to be made. I have to say after growing up watching Disneyland every Sunday night it was a big thing for me to visit the Disneyland. Also being a huge sports fan the offer of going to the Chargers game was pretty special. Did I mention I was able to go down on the sideline close to the action?

If you are an NFL fan you would know that Jim L Mora is the son of famous NFL head coach Jim E Mora. Jim L was head coach of the Atlanta Falcons for several years and is now an assistant head coach and defensive backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks.

Getting back to my decision where I had to choose a two day trip to Disneyland and a visit to Yosemite with a group of Aussies or a match on the sideline for the San Diego Chargers.

What would you do? Love to hear your comments.

I will tell you what my decision was after someone leaves a comment…