Ocean water tastes terrible!

JONES SAUSAGE ROAD 1/2 mile

This post is coming a little late, because it actually was Memorial Day when Mike came to visit. We made the smart decision (like the rest of humanity in North Carolina) to head to the beach that day. It was a three hour drive so we amused ourselves along the way with my early birthday present, a new 160GB ipod. Besides playing with that we spent our time taking pictures of some interesting road signs :  )

Once we made it to the beach, which took over two hours of driving around looking for a parking spot, we went straight for the surf! It was not disappointing, the waves were huge, and there were quite a few surfers taking advantage. I made a very important discovery (the hard way I should add): do NOT drink sea water. As a giant wave brought down its wrath on me I inadvertently inhaled an exceptional amount of water. And guess what...it tastes horrible. The taste is reminiscent of the smell of fish that has gone bad. And the second part of my discovery is that this taste/smell lingers, well pretty much for the rest of the day.

On a more attractive note Mike and I have now decided that we are going to add another very expensive hobby to our list of extremely expensive hobbies (for example: rock climbing, ice climbing, travel...) We are going to take surf lessons! The ultimate goal will be to go back to Peru and spend some quality time with the rock of the ocean cliffs, and the waves of the surf while camping on the beach in between the two. Always looking for the next adventure...