WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6TH

COAST LINE AS WE LEFT THE BEACH, SEE THE WEATHER!

TODAY WE HEADED OUT TO A LAKE TO PRACTICE OUR KAYAK MOVES BEFORE WE LOADED BACK UP FOR SOME KAYAK SURFING AT CABLE BAY. IT IS WELL KNOWN FOR SURFING AND ALSO NICK NAMED FOR THE ATLANTIC CABLE & UNDERSEA COMMUNICATION DURING WORLD WAR 2. THE SURF REPORT WAS A 3 WHAT EVER THAT MEANS, I GUESS THE SWELL WAS BIGGER AND NOT FLAT.

HMMM.........WITH GREAT HESITATION I GOT IN THE KAYAK, THE WHOLE WEEK THE WEATHER WAS IN THE 60'S AND THE WATER TEMP WAS COLD. I PADDLED OUT AND TOOK THE FIRST BIG WAVE IN AND OF COURSE THE WHITE WASH TURNED ME SIDEWAYS AND AS THEY SAY IN HAWAII I "HULI MAKA FLIPPED!" IT TOOK AWHILE BEFORE I POPPED OUT. NEXT WAVE SAME THING I WAS STUCK AND IN A PANIC SINCE I COULDN'T FIND THE LOOP TO MY SKIRT AND I WAS OUT OF AIR SO I TRIED TO GET MY HEAD ABOVE THE WATER ONLY TO HAVE A WAVE COVER MY FACE AS I GASPED FOR AIR BUT ALL I GOT WAS SEA WATER! IT WAS UGLY AND BY THE TIME STUART AND DAVE GOT TO ME I HAD MANAGED TO WIGGLE MY WAY OUT. SERIOUSLY I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DROWN AND BETHANY MY PARTNER HAD NO IDEA I HAD EVEN FLIPPED OVER SINCE SHE WAS ON THE BEACH TALKING TO SOME OTHER GIRLS.

YES, I'LL STICK TO SURFING ON A SURF BOARD IF I WANT TO BE THAT ADVENTUROUS AGAIN.

SO AFTER AN HOUR WE TOOK A VOTE AND DECIDED THAT ONLY ONE PERSON OUT OF 8 WANTED TO CONTINUE SO INSTEAD OUR GUIDE DAVE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO SCRAMBLE UP THE ROCKS AND THEN CLIMB DOWN AND DO MORE SEA LEVEL TRAVERSING ( AT THAT POINT I WAS WANTING TO CHANGE MY VOTE)

IT TOOK US FOREVER AND ONCE AGAIN I ENDED UP IN THE WATER HAVING MY SECOND NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE ( AT LEAST IN MY MIND).

I COULDN'T HOLD ON ANY LONGER AND WAS FREAKED OUT BECAUSE THE RIP TIDE WAS BELOW US. OF COURSE, I FELL IN. I WAS TOLD THAT MY EYES GOT BIG AND I HAD A LOOK OF PANIC AS THE TIDE TOOK ME BACKWARDS FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND THEN WHEN THE NEXT WAVE PUSHED ME FORWARD I THINK ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS SWIM FOR YOUR LIFE. ANYHOW AS YOU CAN TELL I SURVIVED AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY I DON'T EVER WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN.