Vacation From Vacation: Do Nothing Day

July 11th 2008

I woke up today with a wet back from all the rain during the night. I hung everything to dry in the sun and set the day off with intentions of finishing my book. I soon got the urge to hit the waves again. As a couple locals were heading out, I paused my reading and grabbed a board to join them. This time, I made it out far enough to sit on the surf board and wait for the perfect waves (just past the 'area of suction' where the crests whip the backwash creating a powerful current that traps rookies like me). I managed to catch a wave or two but didn't stand up. I tried to muscle my way up but was tossed from the height of the 6 foot waves.

I retired back to my hammock after having overturned my fear of waves and read a bit more. When the low-tide hit, I got up from the hammock and set off on a 45 minute jog through the heavy sand. I started off sluggish as my legs were experiencing DOMS from the run 2 days before, but I soon warmed up under the hot sun.

I went back out for another round of surfing noticing that slowly but surely I am improving each time. I read a little bit more from the hammock before I set out for dinner at a typical local restaurant serving chicken and rice 'casados'. I had an early night with the anticipation of 9 AM yoga for the morning.