Day 2

Tuesday morning started early as well - breakfast, buffet style, yet again -- cereal, toast with an assortment of spreads, Vegemite included of course, some fruit...and baked beans?? I didn't ask questions, it was 7am, and I really just wanted to get back to the beach.

Here is the entire group during our morning stretch together. I think I am over there on the right somewhere. After getting the limbs nice and warm, we broke into our groups, and Justin taught us a bit more about the ocean, how to "search" for the good waves, the currents the rips; the different kind of rips, how to get out of a rip, etc.  And after our lesson on the sand we were back into the water. And as much as I wished I would be able to pop right up on the very first wave, it wasn't that simple. I think it took me about 25 minutes to get the rhythm back that I had the day before. The waves were much smaller, and more inconsistent than they had been on day one - so once a good wave came along we were all fighting for it.

Most of my down time between the lessons were spent glued to the big screen back at camp watching the the drama unfold at Australian Open - it's safe to say I am addicted, and that if I could've I would have spent a fair chunk of January in Melbourne seeing it all in person. The only perk about missing out on the action is that Melbourne is experiencing a massive heat wave right now, they have had 3 days in a row of 43 Celsius (which is about 111 F) They have never had a heat wave like this - ever. So all and all it is okay I didn't make the trek down to Rod Laver Arena in beautiful Victoria.

By the time our fourth and final lesson rolled around my arms were beyond tired and pushing myself up on my board was becoming difficult to say the least. The waves had calmed down to a gentle lull and were even more few and far between than they had been in the morning session. Every so often when a good wave came a long we all wanted it - but at the beginning of the fourth lesson Justin had taught us about surf etiquette, the dos and don'ts of catching waves and how not to look like a complete beginner out in the surf. So, with that being said, we had to try to show some restraint when a good wave was coming up the back.

And surfing may not look like a ton of work, but you couldn't be more wrong. There were campers who were scheduled to stay for 4 full days, and I am willing to bet they are still a bit sore today.

We are heading out to Manly Saturday morning  to try out our new surf skills - we hear the waves are going to be good, and we're not about to miss out.