I AM a Blonde Surfer

That's right, me, a blonde surfer. This last saturday was the first time we took the opportunity to go surfing. Actually Graham and I weren't even planning to leave the base that day, but as fate would have it we headed out to South Port with Matt Newman and the surf boards.

The drive to south port is over an hour away and we didn't have a whole lot of time because Fauger's birthday party started at 5. We only ended up being in the water for an hour and a half but it was heaps of fun. Graham took a little while to get into his wet suit but once he was suited up we bay watched it into the water and took the waves head on. Paddling out isn't hard and waiting for the waves isn't a big challenge either, but finding the waves and predicting when they'll break is another story. The waves were breaking in sets of 3 or 4 and quite randomly. So where as some of them were big enough to slam you others didn't even have enough power to get up on. Graham and I each caught about half a wave, yes half, because we didn't really get high enough to actually ride them. Apparently we both did quite well for our first time and I'm thinking we'll probably go again before we leave the YWAM base. After all was said and done I had experienced all there is to experience in surfing (ok, so I didn't get slammed into the reef, but other than that I did it all). I got wax rash on my stomach (due to the lack of a wetsuit), cut my leg on the fin, and got slammed by a larger than expected wave. All in a days work. After a long and tired ride home we rinsed off the salt water and got ready for Fauger's party.

Let the party begin. Fauger is our head of maintenance here on the base and one of the Brazilians that lives here. This last saturday was his 30th birthday. The party consisted of some beach volleyball, both sweet and savory cakes, some oh so delicious beef and great fellowship. Not a whole lot else to speak of but it was good times.

On Sunday morning Graham and I woke up at 7:30 to phone Lyndol (shout out to Lyndol). After that we headed up to the guest house and finished off painting in one room just to get it done with. The rest of the day we played some more beach volleyball and just hung out in general. Shish Kabobs for dinner were delectable. Well, that about sums up my activities for the last few days; sometimes I just feel like I should blog even when I don't have a lot to say. So, in conclusion I reckon we can all learn a few things from this post...... nah, I'm just kiddin', but seriously, learn. Cheers.