Road Trippin'

Well, the swell has been here for the past few days and its been BIG. I feel bad for Karen and Bill, it's definitely not the best sized swell for beginner surfers looking to improve their skills. Oh well, you can't control Mother Nature. We've been having a bunch of fun cooking, eating, laughing, listening to music, playing music, doing yoga and surfing when possible. Yesterday they opted for massages, and JamD & I hopped a ride to LA ISLA for a surf excursion. La Isla is off the coast of Herradura, so it's a 35minute car ride and then a 3 minute boat ride to this left point break. We went with locals David, Andreas, Danny and Jonah. The boat dropped us off for 3 hours at a break which at first glance seemed to only be about head high and pretty mellow. There was 16 of us total in the water...and then the cleanup set came. Holy shit. JamD and me, scratchin for the horizon and got drilled by all 12 waves in the set. Humbling and got the heart-pumping! Three hours of adrenaline and intense sun and then we were back on the boat and headed home. David owns the restaurant AZUL in town, so we all went there for lunch and he made us a big batch of arroz con camarones, pollo y chuleta! Que Rico! This morning we woke up at 4am, had coffee and then trekked down the hill to load up Bretts car for our adventure. Karen, Bill, JamD and I paddled out at the point break in Quepos around 6am and for a few hours surfed some knee high to head high perfect left peelers. I was so glad that Karen and Bill finally got in a good, tranquilo surf session. Surf was followed by an outstanding breakfast and the best cup of coffee @ Milago in Quepos. Back at the house now and completely, utterly exhausted. Looking forward to some quiet time. Pura Vida.