Day Three, Trade Winds
Trade Winds: def-
The trade winds are a pattern of wind found in bands around the Earth's equatorial region. The trade winds are the prevailing winds in the tropics, blowing from the high-pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the low-pressure area around the equator.
Something I learned today. Weather never ceases to amaze me.
Anyway... the trade winds came in today... and it was beautiful. Did you know that due to the trade winds... we are spaired from mosquitos. I love the logic. Just a bit of information for you all to know.
So... another update.
Good day... hot... but good. I think I got a little too much sun yesterday though... because when I stepped out onto the patio... my body was on fire! Yikes. Sunblock was applied 3 times today... since it is the third day.
Gina and I got to choose our activities today... well actually Billy set out the morning plans... sun and the pool.... but then Gina chose Bubba Gumps for lunch... and I chose surfing at the banyan tree.
We ventured our way to Bubba Gumps... where Gina went head-to-head with the waiter on "Gump Trivia". She actually stumped him. He shot off fifty questions to her... and without batting an eye... she was 49 for 50. Seriously... have you ever heard of that? But the waiter was impressed... and Billy sat there rather proud of this random bit of knowledge. Mom and I just laughed and ate our salads.
We then hit the Banyan Tree... hoping to hang 10. Well... I hung... and I fell 10 times... but still had fun. I surfed solo... mom, billy and gina waded in the water... and got some good shots... which are above.
I do have to give props to my impromptu surf instructor... who was out there helping 6 other people... and thought he should help me too. Here! Here! to Armadillo from the Goofy Foot Surf Shack. He set me up on some good waves... then told me to go to bigger waves. I did... that is where I fell 10 times. Armadillo welcomed me back into the small waves... after he saw the spills I took . :)
Thanks Armadillo.
We then came back... snacked on some goodies... made a few phone calls and settled in for a few episodes of The Office. Mom and Gina insisted on reading.
Speaking of reading... here is the update:
Mom- 3 books
Billy- 3 books
Gina- 3.5 books
Sara- 167 pages... and moving at a healthy pace.
I like to READ my books... not skim them like everyone else. I like to spell out the words, research them, place myself in the story.
Ok... I am lying... I just can't read as fast as them. But did they surf? No! :)
Tomorrow... we are taking Billy off of coffee... with hopes of getting him to stay in one place... and Black Rock is the place. I will shoot some good pictures of fishies. Yes.
Ok... off to get some sleep... my body is a bit sore from hitting the rocks while surfing! :)
But a thought for each of you.... do you ever wonder why the waves keep rushing in?
They just keep pushing up the shore... then give up... then try again... and again... don't you think they would eventually figure out that the shore is not for them.
Well... I guess we all do that. Just keep going back... with hopes that we eventually find solid ground.
aloha.
The trade winds are a pattern of wind found in bands around the Earth's equatorial region. The trade winds are the prevailing winds in the tropics, blowing from the high-pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the low-pressure area around the equator.
Something I learned today. Weather never ceases to amaze me.
Anyway... the trade winds came in today... and it was beautiful. Did you know that due to the trade winds... we are spaired from mosquitos. I love the logic. Just a bit of information for you all to know.
So... another update.
Good day... hot... but good. I think I got a little too much sun yesterday though... because when I stepped out onto the patio... my body was on fire! Yikes. Sunblock was applied 3 times today... since it is the third day.
Gina and I got to choose our activities today... well actually Billy set out the morning plans... sun and the pool.... but then Gina chose Bubba Gumps for lunch... and I chose surfing at the banyan tree.
We ventured our way to Bubba Gumps... where Gina went head-to-head with the waiter on "Gump Trivia". She actually stumped him. He shot off fifty questions to her... and without batting an eye... she was 49 for 50. Seriously... have you ever heard of that? But the waiter was impressed... and Billy sat there rather proud of this random bit of knowledge. Mom and I just laughed and ate our salads.
We then hit the Banyan Tree... hoping to hang 10. Well... I hung... and I fell 10 times... but still had fun. I surfed solo... mom, billy and gina waded in the water... and got some good shots... which are above.
I do have to give props to my impromptu surf instructor... who was out there helping 6 other people... and thought he should help me too. Here! Here! to Armadillo from the Goofy Foot Surf Shack. He set me up on some good waves... then told me to go to bigger waves. I did... that is where I fell 10 times. Armadillo welcomed me back into the small waves... after he saw the spills I took . :)
Thanks Armadillo.
We then came back... snacked on some goodies... made a few phone calls and settled in for a few episodes of The Office. Mom and Gina insisted on reading.
Speaking of reading... here is the update:
Mom- 3 books
Billy- 3 books
Gina- 3.5 books
Sara- 167 pages... and moving at a healthy pace.
I like to READ my books... not skim them like everyone else. I like to spell out the words, research them, place myself in the story.
Ok... I am lying... I just can't read as fast as them. But did they surf? No! :)
Tomorrow... we are taking Billy off of coffee... with hopes of getting him to stay in one place... and Black Rock is the place. I will shoot some good pictures of fishies. Yes.
Ok... off to get some sleep... my body is a bit sore from hitting the rocks while surfing! :)
But a thought for each of you.... do you ever wonder why the waves keep rushing in?
They just keep pushing up the shore... then give up... then try again... and again... don't you think they would eventually figure out that the shore is not for them.
Well... I guess we all do that. Just keep going back... with hopes that we eventually find solid ground.
aloha.
posted by Sara at 11:05 PM
2 Comments:
tom and i like to watch the waves and judge them, like it's an olympic event. we haven't gotten so sophisticated yet that we hold up signs (ala, gymnastics), we just rate them on height and how "many" of them come in together. sort of like sychronized swimming - or would that be sychronized waving??
I say you just need to give up on the whole rading thing. Obviously you are way ahead on the adventure side of things. Glad to see you are having a blast....enjoying the trade winds.....making friends with Armadillo. Man if I was going to have more kids that name would definetly be in the running. Enjoy another day!
Miss you.
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