Surfing

Surfing was quite the experience. We were taught by a pretty cool hippie-ish guy who was super outgoing and super relaxed (he had us wait about a half hour while he talked to people and got a yerba matte and then he gave us free tshirts and water bottles). He talked for most of the lesson, but the actual surfing part was relatively short. We learned a lot, though we wished he would have stayed out with us longer. I was able to surf some small ones with him steadying the surf board behind me, but it was so damn hard. It requires so many muscles. It's great though...the feeling when you're getting up on the board and the water is rushing beside your board and you're such floating and it's pulling you.... ahhhh... very nice.

We hope to sorta get into surfing - not sure yet if we'll be super surfers one day, but we will start with a long board to share between us and see where it goes. I still love boogie boarding, though. It's a total different experience, which I didn't expect. I thought they'd be relatively the same feeling. But it's totally different. Let's just say I'm pretty sure I'll never be really scared on a boogie board again. A surfboard is so intense - it can give someone a gash in the head so bad you need stitches. Hope that never happens to me!

At the end of the day, we were so wiped. My knees hurt like hell from landing in the shallow water so many times right on them. Some skin on my toe rubbed off while on the board. And I stepped on something super sharp and cut my skin. My muscles are aching, and that's just tonight. I bet they'll hurt more tomorrow. But, it was worth it. I know you have to wipe out a thousand times before you really get it right, so we're on our way. :)

We were famished after surfing, because we only ate a larabar (each) for lunch. We went to our favorite Thai place in Carpinteria, and ate a TON of food. I got Pad Thai Tofu, Kev got Coconut Mushroom Soup (we had a soup like that on our honeymoon and it was divine), and we shared a fried noodle tofu appetizer. Yum! We ate every last drop.

We came home and were too tired to do anything so we've just been watching Friends all evening. Kev realized he has to pack a bag for his trip so he's doing that and I'm going to watch a bit of Grey's Anatomy before we both hit the sheets. We will sleep welllll tonight. What a day! It was an unforgettable day. I like days like that.